Hi everyone!! My name is Anita and I live in Snohomish, Washington and I am new to BYC. I have 15 chickens and I am officially addicted to them now!! I never knew I could love chickens this much!! I am married to my best friend and we have two AMAZING kiddos, I am so happy to be a part of this...
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We ran out of gas.... both for the quads and our bodies...lol And EVERY muscle in my body ACHES! I am wondering if stuff like this is why....?
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Holy Cow Girl!!!! AWESOME!!! We had a great time with you guys for...
I love my Barred Rocks too! They do have the most personality!!
here is one of mine as a baby, her name is Esther
She is now 20 weeks old and we are patiently waiting for her first egg!!
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I have watched this thread and just want you to know I am praying for you! God has this in control, just don't loose sight of that, praying, praying, praying for you!!
We are self employed as well and CAN NOT carry insurance because of how expensive it is, but I also have to say that we rarely go to the Doctor and when we do the $75.00 visit is way more worth paying that the however many thousands we would have to pay having insurance and never using it!!!
All hubbies not bad, just not that into the chickens as much as we are, most of the time..... Sometimes they fall for them though! Just make sure you know whats going on before you are being rushed out the door (coming from someone who has lost chickens recently too, I know how your feeling...
from Washington!! I have showed quite a few horses with 4H in the past but haven't showed any of our girls yet but have started the process and have made quite a few friends along the way and gathered lots of info for showing chickens, if you have any questions you are more than welcome to pm me...
from Washington!! KUDOS FOR THE PERSISTENCE!! There are lots of ideas for coops on this site and really good ones too! Good luck with all of this!!! Don't give up!!
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from a fellow Washingtonian and may I mention I am not far down the street from you and have many friends in Duvall, please pm me if you ever need any help!!!!!!
from Washington!! Not sure if this helps but.... We have learned to spend lots of time in their coop with all of them and holding all of them a lot. If it makes sense to you, do this; whenever you pick her up, pick up another one that has already been there for a while but always make sure its...