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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jun 24, 2014 22:39:31 GMT -5
Wow. They get 'em packed in there pretty tight. It's like United airlines for chicks.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 8:12:05 GMT -5
Someone came and took 5 of the older ones last night. I think Thelma was in the bunch. I'm sad.
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Post by Blonde Granny on Jun 25, 2014 8:18:10 GMT -5
Someone stole your chickens? As in someone was a person, or is someone a 4 legged critter with really sharp teeth?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 8:23:07 GMT -5
No, took as in had permission. Sorry, that did sound like they were stolen!
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Post by Blonde Granny on Jun 25, 2014 8:31:39 GMT -5
Oh shoot!! I thought we suddenly had a chicken rustler............and it was time to send for Matt Dillon and Chester.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jun 25, 2014 8:34:10 GMT -5
Someone came and took 5 of the older ones last night. I think Thelma was in the bunch. I'm sad. Were you thinking, I never thought I'd thsee the day I'd have to thelma thweet chicken?
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Post by Opti on Jun 25, 2014 8:34:57 GMT -5
Wow. They get 'em packed in there pretty tight. It's like United airlines for chicks. Yep. That's why some folks feel cheap chicken raised on antibiotics and in huge crowded conditions may not be so healthy to eat.
MPL, you didn't choose to hold back Thelma or are you giving away the entire first batch?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 8:35:51 GMT -5
On the plus side, they didn't go far. Just to a neighbors, but it was still sad seeing them go (actually, I didn't even see them go), she had just asked me if she could have some and then later texted me that she took a "black and white one, a red one, a grey/white and two blond ones" (Thelma was a blond and there were 4 blond ones total).
I think we may keep Fluffy Butt even if he's a rooster. He/she is getting so darn pretty. He has an almost aqua marine blue tinge to his neck feathers.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 8:43:31 GMT -5
Wow. They get 'em packed in there pretty tight. It's like United airlines for chicks. Yep. That's why some folks feel cheap chicken raised on antibiotics and in huge crowded conditions may not be so healthy to eat.
MPL, you didn't choose to hold back Thelma or are you giving away the entire first batch?
I probably would have held her back had I been there. They knew to leave Fluffy Butt and Einstein, but Thelma is hard to pick out. Really all the blond ones are very similar. I probably call them all Thelma at one time or another. It's weird. Not to sound like a chicken racist, but there are definitely personality differences between the colors. The black and white ones are very stand offish. The blond ones are really friendly, the grey/white and red ones are in between not real friendly, but not like the black/white either, and Einstein is just a freaking pest. He's always right there under your feet wanting treats.
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Post by mmhmm on Jun 25, 2014 8:49:07 GMT -5
Yay for keeping Fluffy Butt! I've become attached to that one even from a distance. Sorry about Thelma, though. I know I'd get attached and end up with chickens everywhere!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 8:53:30 GMT -5
Yay for keeping Fluffy Butt! I've become attached to that one even from a distance. Sorry about Thelma, though. I know I'd get attached and end up with chickens everywhere! How can you not love this guy??
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Post by mmhmm on Jun 25, 2014 8:59:18 GMT -5
ROFL! Precisely, MPL! Derned Fluffy Butt looks like a sunbather on the beach! Love it!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 21:58:15 GMT -5
Woohoo! We still have Thelma. Here she is next to Fluffy Butt (she's the one in the front).
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Post by mmhmm on Jun 25, 2014 22:01:21 GMT -5
Fluffy Butt is lookin' goooood! Thelma is, too. She's a pretty color!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 22:01:43 GMT -5
Here's the five that have a new home, and they have it pretty good. This is their first time outside ever.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 22:03:17 GMT -5
I can't believe they're only 7 weeks old...
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Post by Jaguar on Jun 25, 2014 22:07:49 GMT -5
Babies grow up so darn fast.
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Post by saveinla on Jun 25, 2014 22:07:46 GMT -5
We had a huge colorful rooster when I was growing up and a few hens. The rooster had a great personality - he would come and stomp you on the foot if he was not fed promptly in time. My grandma was tiny and she said her foot hurt if he stamped her, so he got fed on time. He would also follow her constantly when she was planting her garden , so he could get to the seeds and the worms.
MPL, Your picture has brought back great memories - thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 22:16:51 GMT -5
After seeing the ones outside chasing bugs and hiding in the tall grass I'm anxious to get the rest of them out. I feel bad for them locked up in the barn. Then again, the coyotes are going CRAZY out there tonight! I'm going to have to shut the windows they're so loud.
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