Spring in California:16 chicks!

My most troublesome girl- always getting out of the coop and digging in my garden- shows up this morning with 16 baby chicks! Not such a goof-off afterall. Go girl.

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The Dean Dad takes a question from a reader on a topic of perpetual interest:
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