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[RonB]

ANYBODY interested in a REJECTED EE ????? she was suppose to go to a NEW home today. She had her suitcase packed and was giving all the other girls Hugs goodbye. even had her feathers combed and her nails painted. BUT the new owner to be NEVER showed up...... Got a Dear John email instead....

BTW the Brithday Person will be Bleep Bleep tomorrow sorry I had to come back and edit this. Some people Don't like to tell their age

 

[Chickielady]

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One of the guys on the rare breeds site just advertised..I will see if I can dig it up!

 

[TheReidHomestead]

We just had Serama #4 hatch and it's YELLOW!!! The other 3 have been mostly black!!

 

[hallerlake]

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The poor thing. Her heart must be broken. Get her some ice cream, preferably chocolate.

 

[Chickielady]

I sent this alot of you, for those that have not seen it, it starts here: http://photographyforagreenerplanet.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/chris-jordan-midway/

and go to his website, look at every phot, read it all, look at every video, and stop buying anything that is plastic...I am having a hard time trying to find a wooden toothbrush, but has to be a way !!!

Later~
Gotta go feed myself & DH~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~hope you all are well.
I had a great visit with KMHunter today, and sold her 2 of my best pullets, wonderful birds.
She will love them.
OK, later guys & gals!

 

[pettec63]

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The poor thing. Her heart must be broken. Get her some ice cream, preferably chocolate.

Be ok!!!

 

[crazychickenlady1]

Shelton, WA here. I have 20 10 week old straight run chickens. I know I have 2 roosters for sure but am in question about 2 more. I am new to all this but am loving it. My kids call me the crazy chicken lady lol!

As soon as I am allowed to post pics I will share.....

 

[RonB]

Hallerlake
Your RIGHT she is Heart broken. But all the other girls are GLAD she's staying. Yes I think your right Ice Cream for all tomorrow

 

[pettec63]

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when my neighbor donated his old coop to me, he had been using deep straw in it and in the run (under a covered carport)
for his four chickens (four others did not make it to adulthood)

I cleared it out pronto !

it was dusty, it was dirty (they changed it out every three days but it was still dirty, as in earth dirt not chicken dirt),
no wonder his chickens were always sneezing

and straw gets moldy really fast ... even in a "dry" covered area --- mold is NOT your chickens' friend ...

he got rid of the chickens because they were "too much work" ... LOL, changing out the bedding that often !

our soil here is mostly sandy and rocky, very little topsoil, it drains GREAT ... which steered me towards sand under the chickens (I remember the mess at my aunt's chicken house, with matted-down hay -- I hated to go in the run there)

it's super easy to scoop out the poo from the sand in the coop .. I have only an inch or so deep in there and it works fine -- will add a poop board now that I see where the chicks prefer to roost (they have two 4-foot long roosts, perpendicular to each other right now, but I can see that the poo is all in one end of one roost ...

right now my run is big clumps of weedy grass, with some evergreen blow-down branchlets in there too, since the chicks love to eat those

as they dig down to the sandy dirt, I will add more sand out there too, the grass clumps should grow right on up through it

Really?? hmm I really thought I was being super picky with this stuff, but, I can see your point. I am changing it quite often, explain poop board, I've heard it mentioned but, never seen one? mine have a roost, they poop under it and I clean it up? if there is a better way please indulge me!!! lol!

 

[pettec63]

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hey there! welcome, can hardly wait to see the pics!