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The hassle of chicken water

September 8, 2013 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

Chickens tend to be typical bird brains. They just don’t understand that they need water to survive and that it tastes much better when it’s clean. So when I set up the standard chicken watering devices, the chickens stand on the edges, they go to the bathroom in it. They scratch around close to it. […]

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Coop update

September 4, 2013 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

I’ve been building my Chicken Coop (or should I say chicken palace) every weekend for over a month now. I think I definitely decided on a coop that was much bigger and elaborate than I needed. However, the chickens are going to be the most comfortable chickens in Oklahoma, HAHA. The pictures are below, I’ve […]

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Chicks arrive

August 28, 2013 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

The chickens finally arrive! So we ordered 22 Hens, 2 Roosters, for a total of 24 Birds. In addition, they sent us one extra of what we ordered in case one didn’t make it, and they also sent us one free “rare bird”. We aren’t entirely sure what the rare bird is just yet. I’m […]

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Breaking Ground on the Chicken Coop

August 4, 2013 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

Finally breaking ground on the chicken coops. We’ve had a lot of set backs but overall it’s been working well in the end. These first 4 posts are the 4 corners it took us all weekend, but of course that’s including the time it took to get supplies as well as the fact that it […]

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