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  • Introducing: Sam the Brahma Rooster

    Introducing: Sam the Brahma Rooster

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    Nerdbilly

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    Well, here he is — the rooster we purchased from the 4H tent at the Genessee County Fair. He is a Brahma cockerel, and we’ve decided to name him Sam, due to his resemblance to a certain Muppet — in his facial expression, if not his color. I cannot express strongly enough how glad we…

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  • Getting close to done…

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    Nerdbilly

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    The past several days have been filled with activity around here! I’m a bit overwhelmed with where to being describing it all, but I’ll pick up with the chicken coop we are building. It is coming along terrifically! Here is where things stood last night around sunset: As you probably notice, all of the framing…

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  • Coop Progress

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    Nerdbilly

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    Has it really been a week since my last update? Wow! I guess it is no surprise, though, considering our packed schedule over the past week. As I last reported, we have been working on the kennel-to-coop conversion project. I really need to get some more updated photos of that, as we have plywood up…

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