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  1. Mother Hen

    My new house

    Myself and my boyfriend was able to move into our new house a week early (moved in on Feb 23rd instead of March 2nd). As you are able to see the unpacking hadn't been finished yet so once it is completed I'll post updated pics. In the third pic the door on the left is going to be my...
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    New chicken additions

    This was my surprise this morning. Aren't they so adorable?
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    Veggies

    I like most veggies ( sweet corn [ corn on the cob], carrots, lettuce, spinach, MUSHROOMS, etc). The ones I seriously dislike are orka, Lima beans. I don't really care for peas but will eat them in Mac salad.
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    Prayers please!!!

    A short while ago I found out that the man whose been in my life every since I was little, passed away this morning in his sleep due to complications from a long, hard tiring battle with a monster disease-COPD. To me that man was my dad and now that he's gone back to his house in the sky he...
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    NEED CHICKEN ADVICE QUICK!!!!!

    Last year we used red plastic key ring type bands to band the older chickens so we would be able to tell them apart from the younger ones. Well, I noticed that one wasn't walking or running right and at a closer inspection the cause was the band was cutting into her leg. I was able to remove it...
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    Who else?

    Those are the 4 beef steers of my Uncle's. They are grass fed and raised but they do get grain every other day. My question is whoever else raises cows for beef that are grass fed how often do you give them grain and do the steers Bellow even when it's not grain day in the hopes of getting grain.
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    Lawnmower

    If you or someone you know has an old fashioned reel lawnmower want to get rid of, let me know. I live in Otsego County in NY.
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    How many

    I tend to about 40 hens which are all layers. When it first became spring I was getting a little over 2 dozen eggs per day and now I'm down to 12-18 per day. Could the weather be affecting them or could they be laying outside someplace ( they free range during the day) even though I thought I...
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    My steers

    Aren't they handsome "boys"? They don't have all of their male parts.
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    More than 1 rooster

    This Sat I'm going to be getting 2 roosters. One is a BO and the other is an Easter egger. There is already one, Rhode Island Red rooster here and he has been the only one since 2014. Am I looking at any kind of issues/problems? If so, what would they be? Also if problems/issues arise, is there...
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    Needlepoint

    For one of my hobbies I enjoy plastic canvas needlepoint even though there's times where it takes me months upon months to finish a project especially like the following pics. It was supposed to have been a Christmas gift for an uncle but as you will see it's not finished. I'm actually making it...
  12. Mother Hen

    City girl turned country

    Hello! Where do I start- let's see I moved to a family members country property( because he's an over the road truck driver) in December 2015 from a small village to tend to his animals- mostly chickens bit he has four steers. Now that I take care of the chickens every day every time I go...
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