12/27/2010
Hello!
My husband, son, and I are planning to build a coop. We would like to have a good source of eggs for our family, and perhaps meat.... not sure about that yet. I think I can butcher a chicken with no problem, but I'll have to try it and make sure!
We live in South Alabama...
Hahahaha that is so funny! Mama, where's my treat? :-)
And True Grit, thank you for the nice comment! and thank the rest of you, too, for reading my post:-)
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