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    Our Girls 1 Month Anniversary

    Meet our girls. In order from left to right: Sophie, Brigitta, Nona and Marguerite. Sophie is my sweet one, always gentle and ready for a pat. Brigitta is endlessly curious and very brave; the first to embark upon anything and a bit cheeky. Nona was the cutest chick of them all and is still a...
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    Chickiebabiesin Our Bathtub

    SO when I wake up in them morning and greet my girls, this is usually the first thing I see. Funny little chickie faces peeping out of their box. They are growing so fast already. Its only been a few days and yet they have changed so much. Yesterday was a big day for them as they learned they...
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    Rub A Dub 4 Chooks In Our Tub

    So three weeks already and our little chickie babies look more and more like petite little hens. They already have very distinct personalities and as you can see are curious, funny and still darn cute! They perch on the side of their box never leaving their area; such good little girls...
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    Ta Daa

    It is finished, at long last. And what a fine coop it is too. My husband who does all things well, truly outdid himself on this undertaking. Look at his fine functional craftmanship! Note the doors facing us, closed for the chooks bedtime. View from the inside, upstairs nesting loft. The...
  5. In The Coop They Go

    In The Coop They Go

    Moving day at long last. Out of the bathtub... ...and into a custom built home. One at a time I coaxed them into their new digs. Reticent at first, Brigitta, my brave, led the way. I put Sophie in the other entrance to teach the girls up top how to come down their ramp. It took a bit but...
  6. Coop Construction Pt 1

    Coop Construction Pt 1

    As our girls grow faster and faster we in turn work harder and harder, rushing to get their coop done. They are still angels, nestling on the side of their box quite content to simply watch the happenings around them. If one of them accidentally loses her footing ending up on the bathroom floor...
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    Just Wingin Its Member Page

    Spring is finally here and with it comes a very new addition to our happy home. Chickie babies!! Look at these cute fuzzballs! As Ethan and I pursue a more sustainable way of life chickens just made sense. We love and eat eggs daily, enjoy animals and can use their waste for our compost...
  8. Coop Construction Pt 2

    Coop Construction Pt 2

    So the coop construction continues! Each day I take the out to their outdoor temporary pen.chooks I put Sam in charge of "babysitting" to make sure they stay in their area. He faithfully minds them as E and I continue the coop .construction Today I put Sophie in to try it out and see...
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    Ailing Chook with faded comb and tail down

    Thanks for your reply. She has not been wormed, I don't see any mites and had just changed their bedding out and added diatomaceous earth to the fresh pine shavings. I palpitated her belly and back end but do not feel any obstruction or hardness. How else could I determine if she was egg...
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    Ailing Chook with faded comb and tail down

    This morning my Marguerite, a gold laced Wyanadotte, is looking sickly with a faded comb, gone almost purple. Her tail is down and all her feathers are slouching. She is not herself, inactive, and doesn't seem interested in greens or scratch. In the coop, I did notice diarrhea which is greenish...
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    Chicken Bullying

    I have four girls who are just a year old. They have been raised together and have gotten on well all this time. One of my Golden Sexlinks has been showing a tendency to brood recently and has also been bullied as of late. The others have begun to pluck feathers out of her head. This is a new...
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    Just discovered a rat...

    Thank you three G's. I will get right on it. I appreciate your tips and words of advice. War is declared.
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    Just discovered a rat...

    ....near the chicken coop. Our coop and run is built along a retaining wall of massive concrete stones which he can fit between and must be tunneling behind. As the coop is off the ground and the chicken food inaccessible, I am pretty sure he is raiding miscellaneous food scraps from the run...
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