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Post by KellyGa on Feb 5, 2006 11:17:26 GMT -6
A question was asked on a chicken message board I frequent. The question was, "Do You Remember Your First Chickens?" Well that spawned a lot of memories. Since I am a picture nut I have many pictures from a couple of years back to the current ones I have shown on here to y'all. So, I thought, why not start from the beginning. So her goes. Here are picture of my very first chicks. I was OBSESSED! Love these girls the most still today. Their names are Sunshine, Nugget, Little, Popcorn, and Sweetie Pie. There was a sixth, her name was Miss Prissy. Sadly I discovered too late not to use hay in the brooder as they will eat it. They have no grit in their crop yet to grind it and digest it, so it went straight through to the other end and got stuck. I tried everything to help, mineral oil in moth ends, to no avail, she died.  But, I use pine shavings now, NO hay! EVER! Til they are grown!      |
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Post by trudy on Feb 5, 2006 11:26:44 GMT -6
I can see why your obsessed, they are adorable. I don't name mine, I just call all of them baby. That way if anything ever happens to them or if I ever had to kill any of them to eat I won't be eating ........., ............, ........., . Trudy
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Post by KellyGa on Feb 5, 2006 12:27:41 GMT -6
  This is a picture of my daughter and Sweetie Pie in Petsmart. Now we lived in the city, very populated area, so, imagine what it was like bringing a chicken into a pet store! There are always people bringing their dogs in, every now and then a cat, and I have brought the rabbit which turns some heads because he is so big, and the iguana will startle a few folks. People didnt know what to think, they asked if she would bite them! LOL! I assured them I didnt have a vicious chicken and they were welcome to pet her all they wanted. She enjoyed the ride in the buggy, never tried to fly out or anything. The other is my buffs and speckled sussex enjoyed a nice cold half of watermelon in the summer, boy do they love watermelon! |
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Post by KellyGa on Feb 5, 2006 12:38:18 GMT -6
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Post by chickenfarmer on Feb 8, 2006 20:52:43 GMT -6
Wonderful Chicken Shots, Never brought a chicken to Petsmart, That would be diffrent.
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Post by GrannyG on Feb 8, 2006 21:38:02 GMT -6
Wow, what beauties they are, no wonder you are so attached to them. Beautiful, great photos !
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Post by jeanette on Feb 9, 2006 7:41:36 GMT -6
i remember seeing that pic over at KL, of your daughter and her chicken at petsmart... i get the biggest kick out of that... thanks for sharing
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Post by mckenzygirl on Feb 9, 2006 18:27:15 GMT -6
Love the pics KellyG!  I really like the one with your daughter in Petsmart! I'll have to try that this summer, would be funny to see the peoples faces seeing a chicken in Petsmart instead of a dog or cat!  |
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Post by KellyGa on Feb 10, 2006 11:48:52 GMT -6
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Post by jeanette on Feb 10, 2006 15:57:07 GMT -6
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Post by lilsparrow on Feb 19, 2006 16:00:28 GMT -6
Great pic there KellyGA! So, how did the show go? I bet you were inspired!!! |
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Thanks y'all, there is nothing like your first chickens. You love the others, but its different. Thanks for the replies. 
I am so excited! I have never been to a chicken show, never showed any either, its gonna be chicken overload for me!! 
