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Post by mmhmm on May 29, 2015 22:47:09 GMT -5
They're just so cotton pickin' cute! I've got chicken envy!  |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2015 23:02:50 GMT -5
Here they are in their pool tonight. Hopefully I can get the coop all done tomorrow and move them outside. The only thing I'm worried about is that they still seem to like their heat lamp. Maybe I'll bring them in nights for awhile.  |
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Post by busymom on May 29, 2015 23:06:53 GMT -5
It's going to be cooler than average around here for the next several days, so they just might need that heat.
BTW, I've got chicken envy too!  |
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Post by msventoux on May 30, 2015 2:55:27 GMT -5
You can keep the chickens, but I have major coop envy...it's so cute! |
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Post by dannylion on May 30, 2015 9:29:44 GMT -5
Baby chickens! Cool! They're going to be very happy in their spiffy new chicken condo.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2015 10:01:36 GMT -5
It's going to be cooler than average around here for the next several days, so they just might need that heat.
BTW, I've got chicken envy too! You're not kidding! I ran outside with shorts and a tee shirt this morning and FROZE. Besides the cold it's windy and kind of rainy. Chickies won't be going out in this. |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2015 11:40:15 GMT -5
Finished and chicks are loving it!   |
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Post by taz157 on May 31, 2015 11:43:50 GMT -5
Looks good! The boys look adorable too!  I love how it appears one of the chicks is answering the door to another chick!  |
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Post by Jaguar on May 31, 2015 11:52:13 GMT -5
It's all looking really good.  |
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on May 31, 2015 12:00:49 GMT -5
What a cute little coop for th babies!
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2015 12:06:27 GMT -5
Adorable (kids & chicks & condo); but that sure is some huge lawn you have to mow!!
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2015 12:38:26 GMT -5
LOL @rockit That is just a small fraction of the lawn in the picture. If I just had to mow that I'd be done in no time. I love mowing though, so it's all good. |
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Post by busymom on Jun 11, 2015 21:22:13 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2015 21:54:09 GMT -5
LOL Love it. My son does too and wants to do the name plaques for our hens, but ours would look like this: Einstein Sparrow Louise Thelma Thelma Thelma Thelma Thelma  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2015 20:08:07 GMT -5
They grow up so fast.   |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2015 20:18:04 GMT -5
I started letting them run free on Friday and they are so freaking funny. They run around like crazy and get into these mock fights and flight competitions. I have the coop right outside my livingroom window and can sit and watch them while I'm kicking back on the couch.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2015 21:41:16 GMT -5
 OMyyyy mpl.....I wannem...all of em!! sheez... not making this easy, are you? I'm tyin' NOT to continue to love the idea of getting chickens when we retire in 4 yrs... 3+ acres.....I want a managerie (sp) of animals. I have 2 rescue cats and know I can't get a dog because one of them was attacked by a group of dogs right before we got her. My new neighbor's lil' white poodle escaped his pen a couple weekends ago when we were @ our cottage while neighbor was gone. I tried putting him back but as i walked away, he ran in front of me...running back to my house! So I just played with him even though my kittie was terrified and wouldn't come out of under the bed till he was gone...and he ate her food, lol.. edit: poodle was not one of dogs who attacked my kittie when she was a stray. Thank G, they moved...I found out after taking her in... neighbor said, "Oh yeah, I know her...my dogs attacked her."  ?   I am sooo glad they moved...what a heartless @#%^. Anyway, Im blabbin'......cute pics of both the chicks and your boys! Both are gettin' Big!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2015 22:23:42 GMT -5
They are so big now! But I am so jealous that you know how to do all this stuff. When I get my next home I hope to find something not in a development with a little land, but big enough to have a shed & coop in it!
You make it look so easy, but I am sure it is a bunch of work.
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Post by cronewitch on Jun 16, 2015 2:52:49 GMT -5
Our baby chicks are over a month old now and looking like big chicks. One has fuzzy feet. One disappeared, we had 26 now 25, the missing one looked like a chip muck and was smallest. Hawks fly nearby.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2015 7:31:02 GMT -5
You make it look so easy, but I am sure it is a bunch of work. Actually, chickens are pretty easy. At least compared to other livestock. |
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jun 16, 2015 9:08:39 GMT -5
Hey MPL, one of my cousins is raising chickens and my Mom got eggs from here. They were HUGE and several of them were green. It was really cool to see green eggs.
Mom said that my cousin said that the double yolk eggs come from older chickens. Can anyone confirm that?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2015 9:13:46 GMT -5
Double yolks are most common in very young or very old hens. Basically, when the reproductive system is a little wonky. I got double yolks a few times last Fall when they first started out, but haven't had any since.
My Aunt used to raise Araucuna chickens (I think the father to all mine is part Araucuna). They're called Easter Egg chickens because they lay green, blue and pink eggs. Mine are all brown though.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jun 16, 2015 9:38:02 GMT -5
I'm thinking my kids need to visit my cousin and see her small farm. I think she's about 1/2 betweeen you and me MPL - sort of south and a little east of Madison. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2015 9:46:10 GMT -5
Definitely. Kids love farms! Unless they live on them. Then they sit in the house and play video games. I'm about 2 hours 45 minutes from Madison, give or take a few minutes. |
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Post by CarolinaKat on Jun 16, 2015 14:14:50 GMT -5
Definitely. Kids love farms! Unless they live on them /are forced to work on them in the summers. Then they sit in the house and play video games. I'm about 2 hours 45 minutes from Madison, give or take a few minutes. Fixed |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2015 11:06:57 GMT -5
Chickies were watching me out their window this morning.  |
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jun 19, 2015 11:48:48 GMT -5
That is so damn funny!
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