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    New Chick in town

    Thank you for your responses. Spoke to the women who sold Shirley to me and she said she slept in a box with her other chickens. We may try placing her on the roost nightly till she catches on. PS your white silkie is beautiful!!!
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    New Chick in town

    We adopted an 18 month old Rhode Island Red to keep our lonely Laverne company. The new bird is definitely at the top of the pecking order but my Laverne seems happy to have a sister again. We are concerned about Shirley's sleeping habits. She figured out how to go up into the coop but sleeps...
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    Single chicken

    Yes we would love to get another sister for Laverne. No young chickens available in my area at this time. I'll keep looking or we will end up getting a couple of chicks to raise till they're old enough to be introduced to her. Thanks!
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    Single chicken

    Thank you for your quick response and good advice. We are not equipped to have chicks unfortunately, but how fun would that be. So far Laverne seems happy so it must be more our emotions getting the best of us.
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    Single chicken

    We lost our beloved Shirley about two weeks ago. She was about 2 years old and looked healthy up until a couple of days before dying. We were so sad to lose her but even more sad for our surviving chicken Laverne. We're not sure what to do at this point. Should we raise a chick or two and...
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