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Posted by Amy Blankenship on October 1, 2008, 1:40 pm
> On Sep 30, 7:12 pm, "Amy Blankenship"
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>> > On Sep 29, 12:42 pm, "Amy Blankenship"
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>> >> On Sep 27, 10:33 am, "Amy Blankenship"
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>> >> > We had exactly one chick hatch out this spring. He's a rooster (we
>> >> > call
>> >> > him
>> >> > peep), and he's getting to that age. But he has no young hens who
>> >> > are
>> >> > willing to allow his attentions. So he has turned to inanimate
>> >> > objects.
>> >> > I
>> >> > had to tell him that thing I use to carry food to the goats is a
>> >> > _b_ucket.
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>> >> Why, did he try to _f_ucket? =D
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>> >> er
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>> >> hem
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>> >> well
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>> > We still have a couple of hens with their broods visit
>> > us everyday, but now they have 3 cats that follow
>> > them around. They seem to get along, although one
>> > cat scoffed a bird out of our feeder, so I'll throw the
>> > odd stone at the kitties.
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>> Ours stay locked up at night, and not much bothers them during the day.
>> We
>> lost 4 around Gustav when we had to leave the pen open for a couple of
>> days
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> The neighbours hobby is animals, dogs, cats, chickens
> and they seem to get along. The local coyote comes
> by and has some cornish hen every once in awhile.
The main time we have predator issues is when we take the dogs off the
property for some reason. For some reason the tenant's dog doesn't seem to
act as a deterrent.
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