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Oh man, after watching chickam every year for all this time I'm finally getting pullets today. I can hardly contain my excitement!
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Inveigle posted:You have to at least post some photos! Oh I will, I get to have my very own Weedcat holy poo poo I'm stoked.
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Feb 15, 2014 17:27
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Turns out the other person involved in this process did not obtain the necessary permit yet, soooooo it looks like I have to do everything myself and the chicken getting will have to wait while I do that.
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Feb 16, 2014 15:18
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As promised here are my chicks  
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Feb 23, 2014 00:51
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I do know what they are, but not which is what. So far one will be Weedcat, and one will be Sherlock. I think one will be Poot, if I don't come up with a better name. I'll have to go look at the receipt to tell ya what the hell they are. Besides cute, that is.
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Feb 23, 2014 03:48
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Alright the chicks are: black Australorp, easter egg Ameraucana, Barred Rock, silver laced Wyandotte, and a Rhode Island red.
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Feb 23, 2014 16:02
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Nice mix! Expect Miss Rhode Island to be fiesty, they generally are. Easter Eggers and Americaunas both lay green-blue eggs... if she grows up and has facial tufts and 'willow legs' (kinda green-blue-slatey leg color) she's an Americaunas, no willow leg or face tufts and she's an Easter Egger. We did individual pics this morning so I'll get those posted eventually. They grow so fast it's crazy.
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Feb 23, 2014 21:58
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My neighbor has (I think) six chickens, talking to him this afternoon he said they are going to get two ducks. This should be interesting, not in a bad way or anything since we live in a wetland sort of area but I've never known anyone with pet ducks.
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Feb 24, 2014 01:31
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:Australia I was going to comment on the enormous spider but that explains it.
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Mar 7, 2014 07:14
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Left my chickens outside in their coop for the first time last night, a house cat came through and killed my Weedcat. It didn't get into the coop.
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Apr 10, 2014 17:52
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Here's a gigantic cellphone pic of my chickens e: ok two pics 
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Apr 15, 2014 18:40
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In my coop there is a ladder the chickens are supposed to walk up to the nest box/ roost area but the drat things won't go up there. They just sleep on the ground in a pile and it's making me feel bad. I need to build better accommodations for them I guess.
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Apr 18, 2014 19:37
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Velvet Sparrow posted:How old are they? I've found that youngsters under 4-5 months old will tend at first to sleep in a pile on the ground when they first go out into the coop. Eventually they get it together and roost, though. Oh cool I'll try to stop worrying then, they're only like three months old.
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Apr 19, 2014 02:50
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The Rat posted:The grumpiest. procure poultry.
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Apr 22, 2014 15:17
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Man, stupid weather making a heavy shower blow through right after I let my chickens out. Soaking wet chickens makes me feel bad.
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Apr 24, 2014 19:58
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Though they look similar, those nuisance geese might actually be cackling geese. There are a ton of them in my area and they won't freakin leave.
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Apr 26, 2014 16:40
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If I wanted to go out and buy a chick to replace the one I lost to cats, how much trouble would that create with the rest of my birds? They are only about three months old right now.
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Apr 26, 2014 19:21
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Velvet Sparrow posted:The backdrop looks like Tippi Hendren's coat. Yes of course, I'd raise the little dude until she was old enough to survive basic chicken stuff.
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Apr 26, 2014 23:09
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saint gerald posted:An extract from my late grandfather's memoirs: That's a feeder, for food.
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May 7, 2014 02:43
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My rhode island red is such a dumbass, she tries to jump through the wall of the coop if I stand by it because hell if I'm outside there must be a way for her to get out too. Right?
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May 9, 2014 16:34
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I was under the impression chickens were capable of learning a routine, seems that is not the case at all and the dumb creatures will simply do whatever they want. Point is I'll be damned if I'm going to continue chasing them around.
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May 14, 2014 19:24
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Are you using food as a reward for learning the routine, or having their feeder be at the end of the rainbow (like when you are trying to teach them where to roost, get their rear end into the coop at night, etc.)? Food works wonders... Yeah that's the source of my frustration, I had the food and water hanging out in the shade but they completely ignored the direction I was trying to coax them in. Some days they cooperate with me and some days it's "screw you I do what I want."
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May 14, 2014 21:38
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My chickens sound like they're transitioning to clucking, it's pretty funny.
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May 15, 2014 21:36
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What in the hell are those. Holy crap that was startling.
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May 17, 2014 20:01
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Guess I didn't know people did that, eggs are still gonna come from chickens kept in terrible conditions. Those that you have are simply replaced by other chickens and the cycle continues. But good on you I guess.
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May 17, 2014 22:05
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Here's my chickens hopefully they will brighten the mood here.   
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May 18, 2014 01:07
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spookygonk posted:They are SO checking out every nook and cranny of that yard. If there's a spot they can wriggle under / into, hens will try it. THat's an dorable foursome, btw. Indeed they are! I'm working on chicken-proofing the yard but for the time being I stand out there babysitting them if they aren't safe in that homemade pvc pipe run I've got going on. It has ended up being quite a project to have chickens.
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May 18, 2014 22:03
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Inveigle posted:Hey Shifty: Why breed is that white chicken that looks like it's been spotted with blobs of black paint? A black-laced...something? I think she is a black laced wyandotte.
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May 18, 2014 22:25
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Daaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwww. 
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Jun 2, 2014 16:33
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I'm still waiting for my chickens to relax and not be all skittish. They freak out about everything, "jeez guys it's just a bluejay".
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Jun 3, 2014 16:50
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Mine just saw a squirrel in the yard. Every damned last one threw a screaming FIT. It took two people to go out and sit with them for a minute to calm them the hell down. Well alright I'll continue to just laugh them then.
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Jun 3, 2014 22:36
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Dick Tracy is why people think they can wear a fedora.
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Jun 6, 2014 14:53
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I took my puns to a best pun competition to see if I could win, but not one pun in ten did.
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Jun 7, 2014 16:46
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My chickens started clucking so I figured I'd cluck too, they look at me funny now. e: egg time is approaching 
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Jun 9, 2014 03:16
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I'll be damned one of my "hens" has started crowing.
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Jun 9, 2014 17:34
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Velvet Sparrow posted:I'm sorry about your hen, Faerunner. Everyone has had 'learning' experiences' of some sort like that where they felt they should have known better. We've all been there. It's the big white fluffball in these pics, but I can get a better picture the next time I go out there. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3417601&userid=113963#post429780677 The first thing I did was google whether hens would crow so I know it's not completely odd or anything, it's just a little obnoxious. Shifty Nipples fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Jun 9, 2014 |
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Jun 9, 2014 21:35
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I have no idea what I'm supposed to do then as it's illegal to have roosters in the city, and I want eggs not crowing.
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Jun 10, 2014 17:50
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Guess we found a store that will take my rooster and if that doesn't work out we'll try craigslist. I don't have it in me to dispatch vertebrates up close and personal.
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Jun 11, 2014 22:09
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We successfully rehomed our rooster.
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Aww drat sorry to hear that VS.
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