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Chickie Momma said:
There you are CD!
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On the map or on the forums?

I've been online this week, but barely. It's hell week for me. Working 6 days in a row. Plus it's spring break in this county. But on Sunday I return to normal, and on Monday the little things I call nieces and nephews go back to school too.
 
While you guys are adding yourselves to the map, allow me to explain the map's purpose along with the "chicken railroad".

We've all heard of the Underground Railroad, which was a network of slave sympathizers dedicated to helping them along their journey towards freedom. The underground railroad's purpose was to move slaves to the north.

The chicken railroad is unique to Georgia and the purpose is to move chickens. BUT, we've been using it to move other livestock as well as pets, supplies, etc.

The idea is that no one single person has to make a long journey across the state to get something they want. Everyone helps out by driving shorter distances to each others' houses to slowly move an animal from whoever has it, to the person that wants it.

Example, let's say @carcar80 has a chicken I want. She lives near @RoboDuck and @GAMarans . I know @mrsdszoo and @abmaddox1981 have both been to Robo and GAM's place before and that probably won't be their last or only trip to her place either. So I might get that chicken from Carcar by having her take it to Gam, and then abmaddox picks it up, and abmaddox lives only about 10 minutes from me, so I could get it from her.

The map I linked helps us figure out who lives near who, so we can ask those in between to help us move things. Maybe @Sonya9 wants something from Carcar too. I'm the closest link to her, so she could ask all of us to help her get something to her.

Of course, it all depends on whether or not people are willing to help you with the animal, whether or not they mind holding the animal for a day or two, etc. But I know most people who post here regularly won't mind the driving because eventually they may see something they want too. A lot of us do trading with each other, instead of selling or buying, so that's another option - offer each of the parties involved, a chicken, chicks, or hatching eggs in exchange for their help.

But nothing is guaranteed and no one is obliged to help. Availability may not work out, they may be pressed for gas money themselves (like me right now until I get a replacement for the debit card my sister lost), or people just might not want to have a chicken in their car (or a goat... have you ever seen a goat in a pontiac solstice...). We can't judge if they say no. It's just a possibility we have of helping each other move things around Georgia without one single person eating the huge cost of gas for a two-to-four hour trip for an animal. Either way, you still have to do the asking. But if each person drives about 10-20 miles as opposed to one person driving 200 miles, then it's beneficial to everyone that we have a "chicken railroad".
 
So we got the coop put together. It is our first, out of a box. We have a lot of modifications to make on it. The chickens play tested it for us today and they really like it so far I think. They are back in their big brooder, that gives them more room than the coop. I really hope we find a way to free range them!



We need to seal it, I found some eco-friendly spray waterproofing for the cheap wood. We are going to add a moving bar to it and wheels. (We want to tractor it and not kill the grass. We want to add a roosting bar to the run part. We want to make a dribble water thing that can be filled from the outside, a food system that can be filled from the outside as well. Any other ideas?
 
GAchickennewbie said:
That is wonderful!!!!! Please keep us posted!
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Yes you can be sure I will! Two hour drive so that is a "big road trip" for me. LOL.

Will be a nice drive for the canine and I, no freeways just smaller highways so the scenery should be lovely and the purpose even nicer! Will post pix of the new girls.

Also excited as I am sure this man has a lot of knowledge about bantams and such so that should be nice.
 
Book said:
So we got the coop put together. It is our first, out of a box. We have a lot of modifications to make on it. The chickens play tested it for us today and they really like it so far I think. They are back in their big brooder, that gives them more room than the coop. I really hope we find a way to free range them!



We need to seal it, I found some eco-friendly spray waterproofing for the cheap wood. We are going to add a moving bar to it and wheels. (We want to tractor it and not kill the grass. We want to add a roosting bar to the run part. We want to make a dribble water thing that can be filled from the outside, a food system that can be filled from the outside as well. Any other ideas?
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Oh that is Cute!!!
 

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