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beckah1

beckah1

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6 Years
May 8, 2013
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Hello chicken eggsperts! :)

I am a work-from-home mom of an almost 3 year old who decided she wanted chickens last summer for her second birthday. So, we're bringing the farm back to life.
She picked 5 roosters & 5 hens (Rhode Island Reds). We kept the biggest (& most friendly) rooster, Big Red.
We lost some of our girls (we free-range) to critters and one walked on thin ice on the pond this fall and fell through
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It has been a learning experience.
We adopted 9 new girls (3 Buff Orpington, 3 Black Australorp, 3 Americaunas) from a man who said they were 2 years old in January. We lost one of the Buff girls (she got stuck and subsequently eaten).
We just ordered 25 Easter Egg chicks (& have 26), who hatched on April 10th.

I'm sure we'll have plenty of questions and we appreciate your feedback.

Beckah
 
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Gee my parents wouldn't even let me have a puppy till I was 11, and I had to pay for it myself. Good thing I didn't ask for chickens
 
She has two dogs already that came with the family. I figured the eggs are healthier for her, so why not?!
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We have a farm that was non-functioning (or scaled back...we have 2 alpacas and 9 ducks)...we're starting small.
She does have to come over to the barn to do chores and her feed them and pick up/handle the new chicks. She also has to collect the eggs.

As you'll see from my profile pic, she has quite the obsession with chickens.
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