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Fences Make The Best Neighbors (for chickens)

The chicks we got in April have grown so fast. This White Rock shown above started out as a fluffy little yellow chick. The Silver Laced is growing into her look graciously. They all graduated from the inside brooder and have been living outside for a few weeks now. They are separated from the older/bigger […]

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Snow, Chickens and Hipsters

by Shannon Cole of Country Girl In The Village It is still snowing here in Michigan. There have been new records set for both amount of snow fallen and for the frigid temperatures. To say winter has had an icy grip on us for far too long is an understatement. Daily, I truck out supplies to my coop, and by […]

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Smitten With Our Amazing Rooster

by Liz Hessen of For the Love of Chicken Poop In the beginning we said no roosters – NEVER ever! Well, Harry said ‘no, never ever’ to getting a rooster. A long time ago he also said ‘no’ to chickens. Then ‘maybe’ one or two. So six hens and almost two years later we have […]

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