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			<title><![CDATA[ !!! A Request To BECOME MY FAN on FACEBOOK and FOLLOW MY TWITTER !!! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hello Everyone!
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<br>
This is Tommy, from Tommy&#39;s Pet Paradise here. ; )
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I just recently created a Facebook Fan Page as well as a &quot;Follow Me Twitter&quot; Page for my homepage. Would like to ask any members, who are familiar
with Facebook or Twitter to place either add me as a Fan on Facebook or Follow My Twitters on Twitter.If you can do both, that is even better! The more, the
marrier : )
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Twitter: <a target="_blank"... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:12:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Update on the ShowMe family ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ First the good news, after being unemployed for almost exactly a year, hubby got a job offer last week.  While it&#39;s not really the job he wants it will pay
the bills.  It&#39;s only a 12 month contract, but hopefully something else will come along before it&#39;s up.   His start date is the end of January so
hopefully he can get most of his class completed before then.
<br>
<br>
Now for for the bad news.  Once hubby lost his job, I downsized my flock to 20 birds from 60.  Then somethimg... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:26:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Dustin Biery! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ How about some photos of the llamas! ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:35:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A Happy Day in Texas ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ OK so today we did the adoption of a 3 month old female kitty that has already been fixed.  Ladies and gents I present to you Belle.
<br>
<br>
 

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Wes in TX)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:24:18 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Caught in the crossfire.... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As an experienced horseperson, I should have known better. I got caught between two crabby horses and am now sporting a purple hoofprint on the backside of my
leg. But how lucky I was I didn&#39;t get kicked from the front!   Julie ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:11:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hen lays egg with a stripe on it (pic) ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ One of my ameraucana hens has been laying eggs with a blue ring around the top.  Lol I don&#39;t know which hen but I wish the egg would take on the hue of
that stripe!
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<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/Scstables/chickens/eggsetc005.jpg" alt="image">
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<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/Scstables/chickens/eggsetc008.jpg" alt="image"> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Automatic dog feeder ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Dear Friends, I again come to you for your advice or knowledge on this subject. As most of you know, I have 2 big dogs, nearly 10 year old Sadie, collie/german
shepherd, and 5 month old Mollie, collie. I feed twice a day but we are going to Mexico to a wedding after Christmas and I rely on my chore girl to take care
of the critters. I can&#39;t expect her to come twice a day to feed the dogs so am looking into automatic dog feeder. There are two kinds, one that is just a
self feeder and one... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Spoiled, or not good feed? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I give my hens some 5-grain scratch.  They pick out all the wheat and most of the cracked corn, and leave the oats and sorghum.  I was planning on sowing some
hull-less oats and sorghum next year for their feed.
<br>
<br>
Just spoiled?  Habit?
<br>
<br>
Sue
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:35:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ My kitchen chicken just laid her first egg! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;m the world&#39;s worst procrastinator.  Just yesterday I got the doll cradle I&#39;d picked up at a yard sale fixed up with soft grass hay and put it in
the kitchen for Chickie.  Several times during the day I&#39;d set her in it but she never stayed long.  Today I put her in it again and this time she
scrunched a depression in the hay and settled down.  Then I left the room and got busy with other stuff.
<br>
<br>
When I went back to the kitchen Chickie was walking around so I checked... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:13:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Christmas Parade pic! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I just had to share this pic of my small towns first ever Christmas Parade that they did yesterday!  Anyone else have a pic to share at Christmas time?
<br>
<img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/Tuffoldhen/524589_1.jpg" alt="image">

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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:14:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Help my Chickens Make it on National TV! Need votes! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <h1 style="font-weight: normal;" id="profile_name"><font size="3">Hello Fellow Backyard Chicken owners!
<br>
<br>
My chickens are the stars of a commercial I filmed for a video contest, and if it wins it will be on national TV! They already made Top 10 of 640 videos!
<br>
<br>
<img src="http://www.matteoforgione.com/chickens.jpg" alt="image">
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<br>
The commercial has my chickens talking, singing, dancing, and cracking pistachios! You have to see it to believe it!
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The video is... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:54:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I'm HOME! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ It&#39;s good to see so many old friends still posting and enjoying the sight!
<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve missed you all.
<br>
<br>
I am BACK! ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:47:45 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hey Amigo, Todd ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I see you have been visiting us recently,  does this mean we can expect you back with some comic relief once in a while now? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:20:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Safely Home ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>My Granddaughter is Home In Ohio - and yes it is better then X- Mas --</p>

<p> </p> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:10:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Congrats to Iluvmychicks ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Shari, again congrats on the Connersville show. I will let Shari tell you how she did when she gets home tomorrow. Now you all will be in suspense till then.
LOL
<br> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:29:12 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A sad day in Texas ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Our beloved friend of the last 7 years past over the Rainbow Bridge today after fighting a case of poisoning for the last 2 months.  Our wonderful vet did all
he could do to try and save him but the damage was just to much for him to over come.
<br>
<br>
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2613/4161401022_5c27738e3f_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="image">

<p><br></p> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Wes in TX)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:02:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Tuff,  That Nasty Old Man Winter found his way to my house! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I am not taking pictures of it this morning because my feet already got cold while I brushed off the two Satalite dishes.  Burr!
<br>
Even my Pyrneese did not want to get out of the garage.  Now for the shock to my chickens.  Poor babies will be inside again at least till it melts,  soon I
hope.
<br>
<br>
Todd,  Come home from Mexico or you will miss the snow. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:09:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New-bee seeks breed advice ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Going to be starting out with a new coop and new batch of chicks this spring.  I live in central Minnesota and I am looking for input for which breed of
chicken will best suit my needs.  The weather here of coarse is COLD, so they will have to be hardy.  I am looking for egg layers so I will want larger birds
(larger birds = larger eggs)  Color is not an issue.  Open to any and all suggestions!! ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:43:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Here are the new additions ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/robin416/003-5.jpg" alt="image">
<br>
<img src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/robin416/007-1.jpg" alt="image"><img src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/robin416/015.jpg" alt="image"><img src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/robin416/004-2.jpg" alt="image"><img src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/robin416/011.jpg" alt="image"><img src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/robin416/004-3.jpg" alt="image">
<br>... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ My new "baby" pictures ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>..Ok, so not the baby in the terms as used by Jaynie, but this male came today from a friend up north.  He is 10 months old.</p>

<p><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n93/dbiery/Chickens/007-1.jpg" alt="image"></p> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:06:16 GMT</pubDate>
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