New Englanders! Much ado about New England!

[bubbazmommy]

Hi! I am in Albany, ME (Oxford County). My SO and I are new to the chicken life. We got 25 chickens in June. We are full of questions.

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Welcome Bubbazmommy, BYC seems to be the place to get your chicken questions answered!

 

[mmajw]

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We are having chickenstock in West Gardiner this Sunday Oct 12 at the West Gardiner Rod and Gun Club In West Gardiner Maine from 9-1 if you would like to come.

 

[spook]

Welcome Bubbazmommy, I'm one of your neighbors here in Norway! You came to the correct place for questions and a great bunch of people!

 

[crzychicken]

I'm 1hour 20mins outside of Boston

 

[LD]

I live on the NY State/ Pittsfiels, Mass border. By Lebanon Valley Racetrack.

 

[mmajw]

crzychicken and LD you will love it here

 

[ixnay]

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o hai (wait, that's lolcats ...) I'm in North Bridgton, have a mixed flock of 8 (Paris Farmers Union leftovers), 4 laying so far. I looove BYC! All the best advice in one place.

One of my EE's is laying under the porch. Today's job is to finish blocking off the area with fencing. Any words of wisdom about getting her to use the nice nest boxes that the other 3 are using?

 

[chickn]

give her her own!! maybe she doesnt want to share

 

[ixnay]

I'll work on that; not sure what she wants (dust-bath bowl in the dirt under the porch may be hard to reproduce). The other problem, of course, is that winter will be here whether we like it or not, and eventually the yard will be snow-covered.

She's funny - not cuddly at all, but if one of the other girls squats for me, she rushes over and squats, too.