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Chippintuff:
They will love it, but I bet you wind up taking care of them.

When my kids were small, I bought a little styrofoam incubator that handled about 36 eggs and hatched baby chicks a few times. The kids learned a lot from that. One of their biggest surprises came when the babies started cheeping before they broke out of the shells. At a later time, one chick got an injury to one leg and couldn't keep up with the hen, so one of my daughters adopted it. That chicken followed her everywhere it could, just as if she were it's mama.

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osage outlaw:
So if you make it to the Marshall shoot we can expect some fresh BBQ chicken?

BowEd:
Cool thing to do Jeff.Good way to teach them the facts of life in a kind but realistic way.I'm sure they'll tell their friends at school.

bjrogg:
Their always so cute when their fuzzy yet. They really do grow up fast. We always raised 100 every year. The biggest job was butchering them. If you want to catch them when they get bigger bend a hook on a four foot piece of form wire. Then you can hook them by the feet. Oh and don't wear red they will peck at red. My little sister still hates chickens. She had red boots.
Bjrogg

upstatenybowyer:
JW, they did indeed! When they got home I said something like, "Do you guys hear that? I think there's a bird in the basement. Let's go check it out." They followed me down the stairs and  (A) It was awesome.

Hawk, they promised me no roosters!

Zuma, can the feathers be used for that? Hmmmm...  8)

Pat, I got 5 for eggs and 5 for eatin' so the pot'll have to wait for a bit  ;)

Yeah Chip, I kinda figured I'd be doin' most of the work. I'll make um' do some though, whether they like it or not!  >:D

Nothing would please me more than seeing all you PAs with mouthfuls of BBQ chicken OO. I'll do my best to make it, promise.

Ed, I'm always looking for ways to present the realities of life without totally freakin them out.  O:) I think this will be a good experience for sure.

Those are some priceless pieces of experiential wisdom there BJ.  ;) I'll be sure to tell Melissa not to buy any red boots for either of them!

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