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Hey, I have two hens that I need to sell by Mid-April. One Is a Barred Rock and the other is a Unknown Black Chicken. It is literally just all black and has a few white feathers towards the tailbone. We ordered a blue andulsains but it doesn't look like one. Anyways, just message me for more info. Thanks
 
Yeah, may his little butt rest in peace in some soup or a pot of dumplings or chicken pot pie. I don't have patience for little bad-*** kids as it is, and you think I'm gonna tolerate a critter who I feed everyday, to act the way he does? I've never "processed" my own chicken, but I have no problem taking out a little menace like that. No love lost, just lick my lips and praise God when he comes out the oven, pressure cooker or soup pot. --BB

Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona
 
I just took a pic of my 7 newest Australorp chicks from my New Years Day 2017 hatch. There are 7 splash, and 3 blue.

LL
 
BlueBaby said:
I just took a pic of my 7 newest Australorp chicks from my New Years Day 2017 hatch. There are 7 splash, and 3 blue.

LL
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Very cool! Good job on that hatch. Do you know which one was first to hatch in 2017? I think they should announce that on the news, the first chick hatched in the new year, instead of the first baby born.
 
ejcrist said:
Very cool! Good job on that hatch. Do you know which one was first to hatch in 2017? I think they should announce that on the news, the first chick hatched in the new year, instead of the first baby born.
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It was the second one on the left that hatched out first. That chick is also the first one to run up to the front when I come in there to check on them. I guess it's looking to see if I brought more food? They all ran to the back of the brooder when I opened the door to take the pic with Gary's camera. You know it was too big to be food for them.
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BlueBaby said:
It was the second one on the left that hatched out first. That chick is also the first one to run up to the front when I come in there to check on them. I guess it's looking to see if I brought more food? They all ran to the back of the brooder when I opened the door to take the pic with Gary's camera. You know it was too big to be food for them.
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That's pretty neat.

On another note my wife and I finally finished the multi-pen coop w/attached runs we started late last year. Gosh I'm glad that's done. Next up is two banks of six breeding pens so we can breed
the hens individually. I need to get those done before say mid February or so since it gets hot early here in the valley. Wish me luck.









 
ejcrist said:
That's pretty neat.

On another note my wife and I finally finished the multi-pen coop w/attached runs we started late last year. Gosh I'm glad that's done. Next up is two banks of six breeding pens so we can breed
the hens individually. I need to get those done before say mid February or so since it gets hot early here in the valley. Wish me luck.









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I like what you have done with building your new multi-pen coop. I bet you have put a lot of money into it. Yes, I know that it can get hot here very early. Last year I barely got the misting system up before it hit, and I didn't even have the timer set up for it yet. I am interested in seeing how you are going to build those breeding pens that you mentioned for the individual hens.
 
BlueBaby said:
I like what you have done with building your new multi-pen coop. I bet you have put a lot of money into it. Yes, I know that it can get hot here very early. Last year I barely got the misting system up before it hit, and I didn't even have the timer set up for it yet. I am interested in seeing how you are going to build those breeding pens that you mentioned for the individual hens.
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Thanks. Actually it wasn't all that bad cost-wise. I haven't tallied up the grand total yet but I think before the run doors I was up to somewhere around $2,800, and that was offset with egg and garlic sales so it wasn't all that bad. I've seen a lot of those kit sheds for sale over at Homeless Depot and they cost around the same amount for an 8'X10'. And gosh if you have Tuff Sheds build a 12X16 they'll want around $7,500 - I know because I considered getting one a couple of years ago. Maybe I should go in the coop building business after I retire one day - they'll be redneck engineered but they work ok.
 

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