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Josh’s Chickens, part 2

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

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  1. Josh, thanks for the news about your chickens. I have long been interested in raising them myself, since I eat eggs for breakfast every morning, love birds, and live in a forested area where the soil nutrients are all taken up by the trees. Chicken poop is my heart's desire. I keep trying to convince my husband that chickens would be a great idea, but so far, no luck. We already stretch our retirement income to feed for five cats, a rescue dog, and as many birds and deer as our 5 acres will hold. We would never kill our chickens; they would be pets. But I keep thinking with the eggs they produce, this would be a minimal investment. You've inspired me; I shall keep trying! Now, must go quilt!

  2. margaret says:

    the silkies are so cuddly looking, never seen a chicken like this and I am fascinated that your get different coloured eggs, here we just get brown and white. Love to hear the chickens around me clucking, we also has a local rooster but nasty neighbours complained about the crowing and the owner had to find a new home for him

  3. LynCC says:

    These are so neat! I've never heard of "Easter Eggers," so that was fun.

  4. Eunique says:

    Ok, something new for the bucket list – must have chickens! You and Leah keep me busy! LOL! Seriosly, love the lists. Oh and Happy Birthday to Leah!

  5. Karin Vail says:

    I had not even thought of an owl to keep away hawks! I am so mad at myself now. I hatched quail this spring and they laid eggs all summer – and then a hawk found them and was freaking them out. My pen is plenty secure, but they didn't know that and were injuring themselves. Here is a picture of my pen:
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/31110202@N02/15479195875
    I ended up giving them away because one of them died from a head injury (she couldn't walk, kept falling over to her left) and I was worried about the rest. Now I am mad at myself for not thinking of the owl. Darnit! Well, I will keep an eye out for an owl now and hatch some more next spring I guess. Good luck with your chickens!

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