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Foam started crowing at 10 weeks old. Cornish Rock hatched Feb. 14. I named him that because so young didn't know if was male or female. But when I was not looking him he started eating foam sheeting from the wall.

My pets love mini marshmallow. Jade my 7 year old bard rock would eat a whole bag. She only gets 10 of them.

Fish in a plastic chicken.

Chickens can fly, raccoons can't. And raptors can't break this double pane window. They've tried!

I was raised on Dr Seuss & would call that my Religion but 5 years of Chickens has only solidified those beliefs. I was not dreaming or imagining it this morning when Nugget in the middle of jabbering to try getting me out of bed said "Rick". So I got up opened the window then went to try to...

I think the Bible says something like, They shall be worse in the end than the beginning. But it's like everyone I come in contact with is Possessed! I can't give eggs away, neighbors will not open there door but I can here them inside scurrying around hiding. My Sister took Dad around to his...

Spend time reading Back Yard Chickens. I knew nothing before I did. Now I think Chickens are the best thing in my life!

Wyandotte getting high to fly farther.

My Chickens

Making progress, I put her out & she did the (this is good) chicken chuckle & ate some grass.

3 month old Pony who sucked up popcorn like a vacuum got attacked by Raccoon. She can see out of right eye, left still shut from dried blood. It's been 6 days & all I can get in her is a mixture of water, peach juice & honey. She has just lost the will to live.

Took Toby to the Star Barn raising today and he was just the perfect angel as usual. Hanging out where ever I put him down & enjoying all the petting from everyone. Only problem I’ve had with him naturally came while I was in the middle of carving a dowel pin with a draw knife you could have...

My 5 chickens worked there *** off in 95* 95% hum all day to fill in groundhog hole so they wouldn't have to smell the dead hog. The are really intelligent sensible animals.

If money is no problem a good Sawyer can turn that tree into enough lumber to build a new coop for half what store bought costs. It's Maine, I know there are real men & a portable mill somewhere close. You see that Lumbermate 2000 with the large log on it in the backround. I could turn that tree...