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alnilam posted:I did it, I got boks i love your boks, and you did a good job giving them a loving home so you can eat their eggs.
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your chickens emerged from their cocoons a beautiful bunch of peahens! congratulations, al!
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Dec 3, 2016 20:56
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hey al, when you get a chance, will you post your boks? no rush, i just love your chickens. and every chicken. every chook is sacred.
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Dec 4, 2016 01:26
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my sister has that bad throat goalie too, zyla, you are not alone. it's okay.  i'll eat all the eggs that you don't eat that way we don't waste them. and i get a lot more eggs and greens, nom.
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alnilam posted:they grow up so fast :') hello ladies  they're beautiful. got any recs on laying crumbles?
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Dec 5, 2016 16:20
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i'll look for it! i'm in the research stages of chicken-momming, because we're still house hunting for a place that will let me have chooks in the yard with a hen house and things; not just "you got yerself a garage full o' chickens there, seems legit."
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Dec 5, 2016 17:02
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Zyla posted:my landlord told me if i built the bok box i could have boks of my own please build the bok box! also do you know what kind of chooks you're getting yet?
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Dec 8, 2016 17:16
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my mom bought electric heated dog bowls for her flock. they're $20 and totally worth it, plus there's a low chance of them falling into it/stepping in it and causing frostbite. you're a real good chookdad, al.
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Dec 9, 2016 23:19
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Zyla posted:i was told "not to worry, landlord has a friend with a menagerie and the chooks would be provided, even" free chickens are the best breed of chickens imo
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Dec 12, 2016 00:31
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appropriate but also terrible and possibly  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxIWDmmqZzY
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Dec 12, 2016 01:49
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City of Glompton posted:most freehens turn out to be roosters in my experience but ycmv (your chooks may vary) i got ridiculously lucky on a straight run of chicks and got 0% roosters out of one run, so did it again the next spring and got 100% roosters. i'm pretty sure the universe was loving with me re: chooks. my mom has been pretty lucky so far, but she specifically only gets laying breeds which are almost always hens anyway due to egg selection. i was young and dumb and needed the chickens last time i had them (ten years ago). i am ridiculously excited about house hunting now because the first thing i said to the buyer's agent is that if i can't have chickens and sheep, i am gonna need an underground missile silo with access to iguana's for burritos and TSC for chicken crumbles, and i'll be fine. and there won't be chickens in that bunker, promise.
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Dec 12, 2016 02:11
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alnilam posted:Chickens first snow today al's little boks are all grown up mom said her chooks just stood there and screamed until she PICKED THEM UP INDIVIDUALLY and took them in the barn. they know where their crumbles are buttered.
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Dec 14, 2016 05:06
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, then they went to just ignoring it
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City of Glompton posted:reminds me of this thing I made to explain chickens to my non chicken having friends can i print this and send it to my mom as the christmas card so she can post it up in the barn for the farmhands?
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Dec 14, 2016 05:43
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when they were coming down the hill I was like Jeezy Pete, it's the abokalypse
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Dec 14, 2016 17:18
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FluffieDuckie posted:this made me very happy. i only buy free range chicken eggs and i'm going to pretend they all have huge pastures of rolling hills and shade trees to hang out in they do. i saw some when i was driving in gilroy a while back and omfg. did you know someone has A WHOLE BUNCH OF BOKS in gilroy btw? and you can stop and pet them?!
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GORDON posted:Going to get down to -1 tonight, here, the coldest my chickens (that's an old-school name for a 'bok') have seen. I hope they do ok in the hen house. they will be okay as long as you have their house all draft-proofed as possible, some good nesting stuff and a heat lamp maybe if you think they need it. my mom's chickens (and mine, hail beyonce and penny and tina) all snuggle for warmth and it gets -30F there on the reg at night. mom did move their hen house into the garage last night though and i have a feeling my mom's going to call me and i'll hear chickens in the distance echoing in the bathroom at any given time.
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Dec 18, 2016 21:02
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it's normal to sweat the details, tiny dinosaurs are our friends and would probably eat us if given the chance but we should still take care of them. you're doing the right things and taking care of your frens!
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Dec 18, 2016 21:06
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i need a pack and play and some feather dusters and i can be Best Bok Mom.
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Dec 19, 2016 05:42
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yay, best boks!!! my chicken (at mom's house) beyonce came out like HOLD ME YOU FUCKS IT'S COLD HERE HOLD MY GIANT DINOSAUR FEET so mom said she would take pictures of her for me. i love her the most. they like their heat lamps a lot a lot but my mom's bok cavern is definitely rural middle america chicken mcmansion so it can handle and needs a lot more ambient heat for them. my dad called me to ask if i'd ever constructed a sheep "sauna" though and i know my mom's gone soft because they're literally wearing WOOL MOM OMFG. i think she just wanted some more high-powered heaters in the birthing barn tbh, because it's so deep-cold and there's bred ewes.
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yay penny, i'm glad your butt isn't sad anymore! i don't like it when boks get sick.
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