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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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01/29/15 04:07 AM
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My Chickens
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Not wildlife, but they're around my home. 
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wuchang
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(spiritual advisor and gatekeeper to the Spirit World)
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01/29/15 08:35 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Looks like a little slice of heaven with fresh eggs to boot
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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01/30/15 03:08 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Thanks, Bill. I really enjoy them. 
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rb.
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(member)
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03/23/15 02:03 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Our new flock started laying a couple weeks ago. We're about thirty eggs a week from 5 hens. Nothing better than fresh eggs with some country ham or home made sausage.
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wuchang
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(spiritual advisor and gatekeeper to the Spirit World)
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03/24/15 12:43 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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Quote:
rb. said:
Our new flock started laying a couple weeks ago. We're about thirty eggs a week from 5 hens. Nothing better than fresh eggs with some country ham or home made sausage.
Yassuh........sounds good 
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fish
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(senior member - literally)
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03/24/15 12:58 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Some nice looking cluckers there Kurt 
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Re: My Chickens
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Free Range Chicken
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wuchang
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(spiritual advisor and gatekeeper to the Spirit World)
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03/24/15 09:09 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Quote:
SwampFox said:
Free Range Chicken
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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03/26/15 03:06 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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Mel
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(member)
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05/01/15 07:43 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Looks like a good bunch of mother cluckers.
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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05/06/15 12:24 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Thanks.
Something (I think it was a possum) killed a couple of them recently, so I've been setting a trap each night after I lock them up. Nothing yet, but I'll keep trying. 
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foots
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(the exterminator)
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05/06/15 12:31 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Use a chicken for bait and you'll catch that coon. 
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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05/07/15 12:14 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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I actually tried that last year. I put what was left of a chicken carcass in the trap as bait, and all I got was a smelly trap.  I had to pick bones 'n feathers out of there to use it again, after giving it time to rot away. 
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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05/08/15 11:23 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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I put my game cam in the run, pointing at the coop door, to see if anything came through. When I checked the pics yesterday, I saw that a coon and a possum had gone in the night before. (That explains why so much feed is gone lately).
I set the trap just inside the coop last night, so that anything trying to go in would walk into the trap. It worked, and I'll be giving him a .22lr later today.
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Re: My Chickens
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I hear those are good eating. Bwahahaha...
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wuchang
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(spiritual advisor and gatekeeper to the Spirit World)
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05/08/15 08:18 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Quote:
SwampFox said:
I hear those are good eating. Bwahahaha...
Operative word:
Heard
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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05/08/15 08:27 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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I'm not trying that. 
All I know is that they're fun to shoot in the head.
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Re: My Chickens
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Aint't ya got a door on that coop Kurt?
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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06/01/15 01:19 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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It opens into the run, and I leave it open all the time so they can go from coop to run as they please. I like doing it this way, even though it puts them at risk.
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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04/04/16 01:38 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Last week I got six more laying hens, and my rooster was happy to see them.
We also finished a goat pen;
...and got a couple young dwarf goats.
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wuchang
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(spiritual advisor and gatekeeper to the Spirit World)
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04/05/16 12:00 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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What carpenter's local are you out of?
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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04/05/16 01:15 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Re: My Chickens
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Man. You have eough chickens to feed me for 2 weeks.
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wuchang
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(spiritual advisor and gatekeeper to the Spirit World)
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04/06/16 10:20 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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Quote:
SwampFox said:
Man. You have eough chickens to feed me for 2 weeks.
How many weeks with the goats??
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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04/14/16 01:20 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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Quote:
wuchang said:
What carpenter's local are you out of?
I carpentered some more the last few days.  
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wuchang
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(spiritual advisor and gatekeeper to the Spirit World)
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04/14/16 11:29 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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Damn--- you are a busy wood butcher ain't ya??
Still tryin to figure out that framing on the right
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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04/14/16 12:32 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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I had a very clear vision of it in my head, before starting, but as I go along the results look... different.
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Re: My Chickens
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Taste like chicken
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Mac
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(Birding Moderator)
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04/15/16 02:05 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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Kurt,
I take it you "don't need no stinking (zoning) rules" in yer neck of the woods?
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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04/15/16 02:27 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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The run is all free-standing; not an actual building or nuthin' like that.
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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04/19/16 09:44 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Wire is up all around the perimeter. I still need to make/mount a second gate, put wire over the top (with help from family), and secure the bottom edge all the way around.
I may be slow, and not very good, but it'll work.
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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04/24/16 01:43 PM
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Re: My Chickens
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Gate is done, but I still need to get the wire put over the top.
There's a local mouse-hunter hanging around, and it may decide to go for a bigger meal.
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wuchang
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(spiritual advisor and gatekeeper to the Spirit World)
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04/25/16 01:19 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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cool mouse hunter pix
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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04/25/16 02:17 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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Thanks.
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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05/03/16 12:27 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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A few people came over today, and got the entire top of the run covered. There are still some spots that need to be finished (small gaps where sheet metal meets welded wire), but I can lock up my chickens again. 
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wuchang
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(spiritual advisor and gatekeeper to the Spirit World)
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05/03/16 02:37 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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The chickens thank you and the local carpenter's union pretends they don't know you 
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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05/09/16 01:39 AM
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Re: My Chickens
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My daughter, walking one of the goats.
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