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I walked out to the chicken coop

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this evening just to see if there might be a chicken there.  There wasn’t.  It has been a hard winter and those damn chickens did so well.  I am blown away that they are all gone.

I have been wondering about whether or not to try this venture again.  I know that I will always have the threat to the chickens, my dogs, a fox, an owl and a racoon.  I feel bad that I didn’t do more to protect them, I was languid in my treatment of them.  So I guess I need to think about whether I want to do this again and if I want to make the commitment to insure their safety more than I did with this last flock.

I think that I probably will get more again but for now I’ll wait.  Clean the coop and see what I can do to improve security.  Evaluate how I can provide better care.  I have been interested in raising chickens that produce organic eggs.  I currently was feeding them so layer feed that is definitely not organic. 

It is supposed to reach just barely in to the 50’s tomorrow.  This morning when I left for work it was 16°.  I was shocked that it was that cold, as the day went by the skies cleared up and it turned out to be a chilly but pleasant day. 

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