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Nov 2Liked by Joyce Vance

We all could use a support chicken like Pepper. What a purr!

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A super intelligent woman, Joyce, having an actual conversation with a chicken. My mind is blown.

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Kathleen, I know very few chicken owners who don't talk to their chickens. We are all wonderfully intelligent, especially the chickens. We discuss politics often. Mine voted early.

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Such intelligent chickens. You can be proud !

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Speaking of animals exercising the right to vote, you might want to check out this: https://neelthakrebew.substack.com/p/gop-freaks-out

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My husband laughed out loud when I showed him this.

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and mine said we needed to put tRump in stocks and let all the pigeons poo on him! !

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I love Jeff Tiedrich! This is so funny!

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😂

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Are you smiling or making frowny faces of judgement as you wrote that? I can't tell by your words.

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1000% positive, I assure you!

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So glad to hear it. I have to corral my defensive reactions this week!! xo

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I totally get that! Don't forget to vote then breath!

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Voted from home weeks ago

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That’s the best conversation I’ve had in years!! Love to Pepper and YOU of course ! Debbie Lynch

I would love to continue receiving your messages !

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Think how Pepper feels about this!

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She looks great but needs a little emotional support animal vest. 🤣

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Hope that's not a "Big Mac" with E. coli laced onions Pepper is pecking at!

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Was I the only one to notice that outbreak at MacD was right after the French fry fiasco???

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Nov 2Liked by Joyce Vance

Thanks for helping us stay off the ledge, Joyce!

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Nov 2Liked by Joyce Vance

Enjoy your chickens. I’m in a massive crowd in downtown Atlanta waiting for Kamala to arrive. Right where I belong

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One of my partner's clients is in Atlanta! He told me she flew all the way from Seattle to join her daughter in canvassing neighborhoods. And they and another of his clients in New Mexico have been phone banking. So hopeful and grateful how invested everyone is in getting out the VOTE🎉

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Awesome!

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They are all hero’s and heroines !!

Bravo and Brava !!

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Your partner and daughter are an example for all Americans!! Bless them!

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Leslie N, my Leslie N? WTW? Billie Johnson here!

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Yes! Great to "see" you again, Billie💕

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I'm with you in spirit, as the body won't cooperate these days.

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Say hi to Atlanta for me. My home for 30 years.

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Nov 2Liked by Joyce Vance

My cat Grace heard Pepper’s purr and came over and shared one with me!

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🤣

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Nov 2Liked by Joyce Vance

As a chicken lover whose last two hens died last winter, I adore every one of yours and am easily brought to tears over a biscuit thief clearly enjoying her breakfast! Thank you so much for sharing these along with your wisdom about all the legal insanity going on around us. 🐓❤️🐓❤️🐓❤️🐓❤️

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I'm so sorry your lost your girls.

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Thank you so much! 🙏 I’m not going to replace my girls as I’m getting too old for the work involved (turning 73 soon), but I sure miss their cheerful faces and the sight of them running towards me every time I opened my back door. Chickens are special!

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YOU brought me to tears too with your comment. 🥲

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You and Pepper are exactly what is needed on the pre-election weekend.

I went to early vote yesterday and the line was like I have never seen in my 50 years of voting!

Hope they were voting BLUE.

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Thanks for standing in that line and voting.

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That’s great! Me too. Praying for Blue…

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Hope they were all voting blue too. thank you for waiting in a line to cast your vote. May all your friends and neighbors do the same. Democracy is NOT a spectator sport !

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Nov 2Liked by Joyce Vance

She’s a little velociraptor! 😁

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She really is. I have a whole new take on dinosaurs since getting chickens.

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Absolutely...and.... she is so alert, looking out for attack! Her head was up, she was listening...eat faster!! This is my biscuit!

I love Pepper!!

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I love that, yeah, those birds are all proof of dinos!!

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Perhaps a little closer to Tyrannosaurus rex (really).

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Joyce - Hello from Maine! You are not only bright, on-point, and thought provoking, but refreshing with your relaxed and caring style! I appreciate your candor and wit. Thanks for being YOU!

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Always happy to hear from the Mainers in the room!

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I love seeing your tribe!

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We all need emotional support chickens this week! Thanks for sharing!

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Keep them coming! How about a close and history of each of your feathered friends!

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Gads.....hang in there everybody! Stressed-out people and molting chickens alike.

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Thanks for thinking of us, trembling and shaking, as the results come in. All support is gratefully accepted.

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I think many of us are feeling trembly and shakey. I was beginning to feel like I had Parkinson’s Disease. Yoga, tai chi, looking out at the sky, staying off social media, restricting news, healthy eating. I get all my news on my Substack subscriptions. It’s here we learn the truth.

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Nov 2Liked by Joyce Vance

love seeing Pepper!!! thank you!!!

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Nov 2Liked by Joyce Vance

I'll let you know on Wednesday, when there's a 50/50 chance I'll need a whole flock!!!!

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We may not know by Wednesday. My birthday is on Thursday so perhaps I'll receive a great present, a landslide! I already have my champagne ready! I am cautiously optimistic!

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I wish this for you too!

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Praying we are all celebrating along with you. Happy Birthday and wishing you many more in good health and freedom!

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Thank you. I am grateful for you and Pepper!

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