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| newfarmgirl |
Posted - Mar 31 2013 : 11:30:20 AM
I've been wanting a few chicks for a while now, but we've been adjusting to our first horse and pony-mule. I kept hinting that I wanted something soft and little for Easter. Negative. But then I heard some chirping in the basement last night and I just hoped I was getting my very first chickens(6). Thanks to my hubby, he's building a starter safe chicken coop right now. Hopefully they will be safe from cats and dogs! Plan on hearing from me often! Jan |
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| Jen Mackey |
Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 6:33:05 PM
Congratulations Janis! I just got 5 hens and 1 rooster on Sunday! The hens are layers. I love them!! I purchased them from someone I know. They are grown and laying. I love fresh eggs! I plan on getting an incubator and raising some of my own. I wish you well.
Jen Mackey
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| crittergranny |
Posted - Apr 12 2013 : 1:48:52 PM
My daughter hatches chicks all the time. She hatches them in her incubator and then brings them to me to put in my brooder, then to one of 2 broodhouses and finally into the henhouse or to her henhouse. I have 1 batch of 6 teenager chicks about to move into the henhouse, two batches one in each broodhouse which are little chicken pens covered with thick opaque plastic sheeting. And 3 4 day old chicks in the brooder, 2 of which are bantams, so cute and tiny. 12 more easter egger eggs are in her incubator due to hatch tuesday. I also have a 2 week old goose that she hatched from an egg from my geese. It's just running around on the closed in heated porch. I had it with the second youngest batch of chicks but it was tearing up their feathers by preening them. It already has a home with a lady that owns a goat dairy. My daughter and I are going to trade 4 grown ducks and the baby goose for 5 doe kids from her next monday the 22nd. I'm so excited, but I will miss the little goose. Have fun with your new babies Kristina!
Laura
Horse poor in the boonies.
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Apr 11 2013 : 07:52:07 AM
Congrats!
Our newest order of chicks (meat, layers) should be in today or tomorrow. I need to get boxes ready with heat lamps today.
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| newfarmgirl |
Posted - Apr 04 2013 : 8:10:40 PM
Thanks everyone! And Paula, thanks for the great website. It's already on my favorite bar. Janquote:
Originally posted by StrawHouseRanch
Congratulations Janis! My favorite website for learning about chickens is called "Fresh Eggs Daily". You can find just about anything about anything chicken related there.
http://fresh-eggs-daily.blogspot.com/
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
"Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better."--Albert Einstein
"A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food." --Queen Elizabeth I
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| StrawHouseRanch |
Posted - Mar 31 2013 : 4:20:59 PM
Congratulations Janis! My favorite website for learning about chickens is called "Fresh Eggs Daily". You can find just about anything about anything chicken related there.
http://fresh-eggs-daily.blogspot.com/
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
"Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better."--Albert Einstein
"A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food." --Queen Elizabeth I
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| herblady55 |
Posted - Mar 31 2013 : 2:23:30 PM
Good for you Janis....I'm excited for you.
Happy Easter gals!
Sister-chick# 905(Sept.14th 2009)
Judy
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| crittergranny |
Posted - Mar 31 2013 : 1:51:51 PM
Awww Happy Easter Janis!
Laura
Horse poor in the boonies.
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