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Randall
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posted October 06, 2012 12:58 PM
  
How goes the feathery friends?------------------
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mockingbird
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posted October 09, 2012 10:02 AM
We currently have half a carton full of green eggs. The Welsummers haven't started laying yet  They're all doing well. It's pretty chilly here today, but it's warmed up enough that I think they'll enjoy some time in their mobile run. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted October 09, 2012 10:31 AM
Wow, getting eggs is like pulling teeth.------------------
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mockingbird
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posted October 10, 2012 04:15 PM
Or chicken teeth even  Here's the biddies in their mobile run the other morning...and their visitor:  ------------------
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Randall
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posted October 11, 2012 01:48 PM
Awww...they had a visitor.------------------
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Randall
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posted November 12, 2012 04:21 PM
How are the chickens doing? Is it cold there?------------------
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Randall
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posted November 13, 2012 12:04 PM
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Randall
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posted November 14, 2012 12:35 PM
MARCO!------------------
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mockingbird
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posted November 15, 2012 06:46 PM
POLO!Sorry, I've been swamped lately, though I have some pics from the other day that I'm going to upload as soon as I can get to my computer. ------------------
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mockingbird
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posted November 15, 2012 06:51 PM
I did find my new chicken coop (once I save up the "scratch" - hardeeharhar): http://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/Chicken-Coops/Hobbit-Hole-Chicken-Coop-Small-Ships-Free-p1232.aspx ------------------
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mockingbird
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posted November 27, 2012 12:31 AM
Jenny (foreground) is in most of the pictures I got - she's super obnoxious, acts like a rooster, though she's sweet in her own little velociraptor way.
Harriet's in the background. 
Jenny's in the foreground again.
She had the majority of her chest feathers pulled out in a raccoon attack a few months ago.
To the right is Sparkles (named by my 5-year-old), one of our two Easter Eggers. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted November 28, 2012 11:25 AM
Stupid raccoons!------------------
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Randall
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posted November 29, 2012 12:11 PM
They look happy!------------------
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Randall
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posted November 30, 2012 12:47 PM
How many eggs do you get now per day?------------------
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mockingbird
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posted December 01, 2012 09:35 AM
Yeah, they seem pretty happy. Well, for chickens. They get to run around, catch bugs, eat grass and clover, and dig in the dirt - within the confines of their mobile run. (See: Hawks, raccoons, foxes, neighbors' dogs.) Still only getting 1-2 per day. We joke that we're going to rename the two who aren't yet laying as "Broth" and "Stock" if they don't get a move on it by the Spring. (We won't really...though I may let them free range a bit.) IP: Logged |
mockingbird
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posted December 01, 2012 09:39 AM
Oh, I'd missed "is it cold there": Not that cold yet. Virginia doesn't get bitter cold until January/February. And, honestly, ever since my stint up near Watertown, NY, it seems incredibly mild. The biddies are still getting put out into their mobile run on days that break 40, at least for a few hours. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted December 05, 2012 01:13 PM
So cute!  ------------------
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Randall
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posted December 06, 2012 09:29 AM
I didn't know it took that long for the cold air to arrive.------------------
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mockingbird
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posted December 06, 2012 09:51 AM
Yeah, Virginia's weird.It was in the 70s a few days ago and the high's going to be in the 40s today. It doesn't get all that bad here, though. I can think of few times we made it into the single digits, even for overnight lows. ------------------
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Randall
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posted December 10, 2012 12:51 PM
For some reason I thought it was really cold there. ------------------
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Randall
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posted December 11, 2012 10:05 AM
Are there mountains nearby?------------------
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mockingbird
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posted December 11, 2012 07:43 PM
It's a bit colder in the mountains.
I'm in the close-in suburbs of DC, about an hour away from the Blue Ridge.We can can get chilly, but are in that band that probably gets more ice than snow. ------------------
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Randall
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posted December 12, 2012 01:41 PM
Sounds a lot like here.------------------
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mockingbird
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posted December 13, 2012 11:13 PM
It's a bit colder than GA - we will get a few feet of snow on occaision - but there are also years in which we get virtually none.------------------
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Randall
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posted December 27, 2012 01:50 PM
How cold is it there now? Around 30 at night here.------------------
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