A grand birthday morning!

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I live in the woods, on the banks of a river and am used to waking up in the morning to the sounds of nature. Birds singing in the trees outside of my bedroom window, flocks of geese landing on the water, squirrels chattering... Those are my usual wake up calls!

Until recently!

drone photos taken by my son last weekend

Now I wake to the barnyard sounds of roosters crowing! Not just one rooster, but two! Standing on my deck railing or out on the front sidewalk, they actually don't care what time of day they loudly practice their cock-a-doodle-dos!

They belong to a neighbor who lives down the road from me. But she as a couple of dogs and I think her flock finds my yard a much more peaceful place to spend the day.

These are the 3 hens. The black one and the white one are new this spring. She bought 4 and I'm sure she was surprised that two turned out to be roosters.

This one is the old girl from last season. She is the only one who survived free ranging in the woods during the past winter. There are lots of hungry predators out there who are happy to come across chicken dinner!

Even though they are destroying my flowers vthey are keeping me entertained!

Big thanks to everyone for the happy birthday wishes today! ♥️ It was such fun waking up to all the lovely greetings in the Ecency Discord. Special thanks to @iconnellys for his delightful birthday post! It has started out to be a grand day!

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Amazing drone shot, you're sorrounded by nature at its finest. I think it's a perfect place to wake up to a lovely birthday. I use to have some series of hen when I was younger, but these ones are different breed from mine. Happy birthday, many more returns.

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Thanks! I have more drone photos from that day and some from a flight in Chicago. I'll share them soon.
The chickens are beauties, but I suspect that the roosters may become chicken soup.

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The chickens are beauties, but I suspect that the roosters may become chicken soup

Hahaha I suspected as much for the roosters, they're looking good and matured already.

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I am glad they are not my responsibility! Plucking feathers is probably my most hated job ever.

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I really appreciate the pictures taken and the animals around are pretty nice to keep the environment lively, happy birthday @melinda010100

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Bang, I did it again... I just rehived your post!
Week 118 of my contest just started...you can now check the winners of the previous week!
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You live in a beautiful place. I would like to have chickens but I'm not sure I would able to look after them properly. Like any animal, they need time and energy. Time I have, energy is a little lacking! Roosters would be out of the question if I wanted to stay on good terms with my neighbours!

Happy birthday. I hope you are having a good one.

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The owner of these chickens doesn't seem at all concerned about what her neighbors think! I go out each day and hose down my deck to remove all the chicken poop!

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I'm hearing suburban wildlife sounds of road reconstruction work; lumbering backhoes beeping, diesel generators whining, dump trucks idling, etc.
Happy Birthday @melinda010100 🎂

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You have a beautiful house, @melinda010100! And the Hens! 👍 🐔🐣🥚 Congratulations!

Nice!

!LUV
!PAL
!HBIT

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Happy birthday to you Melinda, I wish you the best wishes 🥰🍾
Remain bless.

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You are very lucky, really intertwined with nature, but so am I. I am not as lucky as you, I live in nature.

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I admire your lifestyle!, but the older I get the more I appreciate the conveniences! And a soft comfortable bed. 😊

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Your comments made me very happy, I made my bed myself, from glass needles, very comfortable

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So I will now ask Marian to put this date in our birthday diary, to remember it every year in the future.

We wish you a very Happy Birthday Lady Melinda and may the sun continue to shine on your road in this life.

All blessings from us and I give you this !PIZZA from our hearts.

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Aww thanks, my dear friend! ♥️ Even though I get busy with various projects here and don't get around to leave as many comments as I would like, you posts and photos are always right up there at the top of my favorites list! Hugs for Marian from me! ♥️

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Lovely photos.
The white hen is my favorite, she looks cute.

Happy happy birthday to you.
Cheers to many more joyous years ahead.

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I think the white one is going to be beautiful when she grows up! Thank you for your kind wishes!

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Yes, she will.

You are welcome.

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Those chickens are looking a little different from the ones we have here, cool... I specially love the colour of the black and white chicken 😍

And drone picture! Oh my! So beautiful! I love where you stay ma'am

Happy birthday to you once again ❤️

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There are so many pretty types of chickens! I have lived in various places, but for most of my life I have been near this river. I do love this part of the world! 🌍 Thanks again.

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I can imagine how beautiful it has been for you already 😍

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The goose are big, it's obvious they are having a good stay there.

Happy birthday Ma'am Melinda, I pray God bless your new age ❤️😘.

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I can't imagine a better place to wake up every morning, surrounded by nature. 🤩
Thank you for sharing such a special place on your special day. Kisses. 🥰😘❤️

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I have health issues that keep me close to home but if I have to be stuck at home, this is the best place to be stuck!

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Happy Birthday! Hope you are having a great day 🙂
love the chickens
!LUV

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Thank you! It was a great day! I am enjoying the chickens and hope they leave me an occasional egg. My daughter went to the farm supply store and bought a plastic nest box , stuffed it with straw and mounted it on my deck. We will see if they use it! I figure as long as I have to clean chicken poop off my deck every day, I should get some benefit for it!

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💕🌹Happy Birthday🌹💕
@melinda010100🎈
I wish I lived nearby and could personally gift/deliver you a freshly picked bouquet of flowers from my garden 🌻🌷🌼🐝🦋.

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🤗A grand and delightful Birthday post. Love and enjoyed seeing the photos of the Chickens/roosters.

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It would be the best thing so far this year for me to have you show up at my door with a bouquet of flowers! I'm a bit worried that I did not hear from you tonight. I'll be looking for a message when I wake up tomorrow. Hope all is well

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Srećan rođendan @melinda010100!
Sa kakvom lakoćom savladavate sedmu deceniju! :) Toliko optimizma, predusretljivosti, razumevanja, posvećenosti i lepote zrači iz Vašeg srca.
Ostanite hrabri i snažni. Želim da imate mir u okruženju, slobodu u duši, zdravlje i radost u porodici. :) Srećno i dugovečno!

Wish you a very Happy Birthday @melinda010100! :) I'm really happy that I found you as your contests and photos motivated me to be creative.
Happy Birthday for your granddaughter! :) It is wonderful to be surrounded by family and friends! It's a real treasure. No, you will never grow old, @melinda010100, you have a young heart. :)
Keep spreading the optimism. Live like a lion. :)

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Thanks for remembering that it is my granddaughters birthday too! We truly have known each other for a while, haven't we? The shadow contest would not be the same without you. I look forward to your photos each week and I am glad that you are enjoying being creative thanks for the wonderful birthday wishes!

Hvala što ste zapamtili da je i mojoj unuci rođendan! Zaista se znamo neko vreme, zar ne? Takmičenje u sjeni ne bi bilo isto bez vas. Radujem se vašim fotografijama svake sedmice i drago mi je što uživate u kreativnosti hvala na divnim rođendanskim željama!

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Nisam zaboravila ni to koliko volite žute ruže... 🌞
Oh, budite se pre petlova!? Zaista prijatno iznenađenje je lep izbor neočekivanih fotografija za ovaj poseban post.

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How fun! Free ranging over winter intentionally or got away? We inherited a large chicken house when we moved up here to Vermont last year. So far unpopulated. We're interested, but never done chickens. It looks like a lot of work feeding, cleaning, heating the chicken house in winter, feeding in winter, etc. Do you heat the house? Have to feed every day in winter, twice a day? lol Don't feel obligated to answer all or give a detailed breakdown but any info pros or cons appreciated.. I doubt we'll do it this year with winter just around the corner, but may give it serious thought next year.

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These chickens belong to my neighbor. All of the Care and Feeding is her responsibility. I don't believe she takes very good care of them, if they were mine I would not be letting them free range randomly through the woods. I think she opens the coop door before she goes to work and it is up to the chickens whether or not they want to stay indoors or wander through the woods. I really don't know what she does to warm the coop and keep their water from freezing but a hundred years ago when I had a flock of chickens I think a couple of light bulbs in the coop were enough to keep the temperature above freezing for them. I think most of the books make it sound like it's more complicated than what it really is. I put these guys to work while they're here at my house. I have a container of oatmeal and I sprinkle it in the areas that I need weeded and their scratching in the dirt pretty well eliminates all of the weeds that are coming up. They are good to have around!

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Happy birthday!!! It was great meeting you at Ecency and I hope your day is as amazing as you are!

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Awww thanks! I am really glad to get to know you, too!

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Happy Birthday !

You have a great attitude about it. I would not love the crowing, especially if it were too early.

Hope you've had a wonderful day. Love the drone photos over your house.

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Those roosters are just lucky that I love mornings and am always awake before they are!

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Happy birthday! With all my heart I wish you happiness and good health. Easily overcome difficulties that will only make you stronger. Be always positive!

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Happy birthday, Melinda! 🤗

But she as a couple of dogs and I think her flock finds my yard a much more peaceful place to spend the day.

I know the feeling. Since my downstairs neighbour got a few dogs I rarely can spend 30 straight minutes of silence in my home. 🤢

And sleeping has been a great problem, too, with the mutts waking me up constantly in the middle of the night. 😖

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Oh how awfu! Why do people think that is OK? At least while the leaves are on the trees it forms a bit of a buffer and I only hear her dogs when I'm outside. In the winter I hear them much more clearly.

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Why do people think that is OK?

Basically, they're sociopaths! 🙄

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Happy birthday mom.... I wish you a long, healthy and happy. Mrs. @melinda010100 is the best who always gives encouragement and inspiration to all of us. Thank you for the spirit.... We wish you all the best.

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Haaaaappy late birthday Melinda! Hope you had a blast! 🙂 !LUV

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Thanks so much! My family and friends are hosting a party for me on August 27th, so the party continues and your birthday greetings are not late at all!

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Might as well party noon stop until the 27th then! :) Here's some !BEER to help!

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I got this incredible box of chocolates! I think they will go better with. !WINE

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Wow this is a beautiful place! What a dream!

Thank you very much for the 500 Ecency Points! I believe my friend @zakludick is happy that one of his HIVE students (me) has made it to Minnow and he mentioned it to you? Hopefully many more of his students, that he's giving great advice to, will get to Minnow and beyond in the months to come! Thank you again!

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Thanks! I do really love where I live. Zak did tell me that you had become a minnow and I wanted to help with the celebration! Congrats to you!

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That's so very kind! Yes - I decided I want to get to a place where my little upvotes are at least worth something to the author, so started putting 100% rewards into HP. Now I must try decide if I keep going with that strategy!

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Use your points to boost a friend's post and you can give them a whale sized vote!

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A very happy birthday! And while they may take a toll on some of your garden plants chickens are excellent at keeping the bug population down and for me, that is very much worth it! 😉
I hope you not only had a wonderful birthday day, but that your weekend is awesome too!

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Thanks! ♥️ I had not thought much about bug control, but have phone them to be excellent at keeping down the weeds if I sprinkle a little bit of bird seed or oatmeal in the patches that I want them to scratch around in! I bought a chicken waterer for them and if they're going to hang around here I figured they might as well work!

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Happy birthday @melinda010100! May you have many more happy ones! 🎂🎂🍰🥳

Beautiful surrounds!

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Thanks, Zak! I've discovered that Ecency Discord birthdays are great fun!

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Happy Birthday, Melinda. Best wishes and many happy returns of the day!

Ah, so the chickens are still coming over to your place. If it had been somebody else, they would have made dinner out of them.

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Thanks! ♥️ The chickens are safe with me. It makes me nauseous to even consider thinking of plucking feathers!

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I can't believe that I am wishing you a wonderful birthday again!
It feels like I only said this to you a few months ago so a whole year in between sounds incredible!

Anyway, I hope that you are still having an amazing birthday and I wish you blessing for the next 12months!

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Hello dear friend @melinda010100 good day
What a beautiful way to wake up, I don't think there is anything more harmonious than the sound of nature
happy birthday, enjoy it a lot

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Happy belated birthday wishes!

Wonderful to have a farmyard feel added to the mix of late, note how noisy the males are, perhaps good idea one for the pot !LOLZ

At least the pose for your photography, not camera shy.

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How beautifully they wrote - squirrels chat, birds sing and these are your alarm clocks. Happy belated birthday, @melinda010100! It was nice to read!

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I truly envy you, Melinda. You live in paradise. This is, how I imagine my life someday. Away from all the fuss in the city. No noise, no crowded areas. Just nature and my loved ones.
One day.

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