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  1. Callender Girl

    New Breeds for 2026 Spring

    My friendliest-ever hen was a Buff Orpington who learned to sneak away from the rest of the flock for treats when she'd hear me say, "Where's my fine hen?" She tolerated temperatures in the double digits below zero as well as triple-digit summer temps. North Central Iowa has it all 🙁 I am...
  2. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    It's supposed to rain all day today, so I "dug" into my big outdoor chores yesterday, including planting 30 Siberian Squills and eight purple alliums. I staked chicken wire over the areas to, hopefully, deter squirrels from digging up the bulbs. They are ambitiously burying so many walnuts in...
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    Beatrix's Journey

    She's livin' the good life now!
  4. Callender Girl

    Greetings from a new chicken parent of 6!

    Since you asked, what surprised me most when I got my first chickens is how much differently I raise my chickens than my dad raised ours when I was a kid. The family's chickens lived in an old, dilapidated shed; mine have fancy coops. A sick chicken was almost always a soon-to-be-dead chicken...
  5. Callender Girl

    Hello everyone 👋

    Beautiful silkies!! Do you have a mixed flock or are they all feathery, little fluff balls? Welcome to BYC! There are so many helpful, knowledgeable folks here who will be happy to answer any question they possibly can.
  6. Callender Girl

    The Sullivan Six

    It's always good to see what your adorable flock is doing! Isn't it a relief when molting ends? One of my Easter Eggers got a late start and although I'm sure she will be fine, she needs to grow feathers fast because cold weather is on its way. Hope the girls like the nipple waterer. It would...
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    Jungle fowl sleeping in trees 20 ft high (warning- adorable baby chick footage)

    Nothing like a heartwarming chicken story to start the day. Thanks for sharing it and the great video of Roo with the babies. I understand why some people clip wings to keep their birds safer. But my birds are loose during the day, and I want them to be able to fly fast and high if they are...
  8. Callender Girl

    Hello Everyone. Im Josette and I have a pet duck named Penelope!

    What kind of duck is Penelope (love the name)? And, how did you save her? Welcome, Josette and Penelope to BYC; hope we can answer all your questions!!
  9. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Your beets sound like my onions -- lots of above-ground greenery and only tiny bulbs underneath. Although the Anaheim produced 19 peppers, the 3-foot-tall sweet pepper didn't have even one. I pulled it out of the ground and tossed it into the compost pile so it can be of some use. Yesterday, a...
  10. Callender Girl

    Introducing myself

    Best wishes to you, your wife and those soon-to-be chicks -- and welcome to BYC! Please keep us in the loop when the babies hatch :jumpy
  11. Callender Girl

    Introducing

    Sometimes, not knowing the total is better! Welcome to you and your Flock of Many!!!
  12. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Your Bambi moment sounds amazing! A world-record atypical whitetail was almost legendary (Google the Albia Buck) back in my hometown. He was a magnificent creature -- until he was shot and killed by a 15-year-old with a muzzleloader. My folks both hunted, and I ate my share of "harvested"...
  13. Callender Girl

    Trimming chickens fuzzy feet?

    Iowa is far from the tropics, but it can get into triple digits with accompanying humidity above 90 percent in summer. I have never had an issue with any of my feather-footed birds (Cochins, Marans, Faverolles) tolerating heat any better or worse than the clean-legged birds. I would not...
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    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    30 degrees this morning. No!!!! I picked the last of the Anaheim peppers yesterday; there were six yellow squash still on the vine, but way too small to be good for anything but poultry treats. Jim, keep selling that stuff. MAYBE someday, I will be able to off-load some of mine.
  15. Callender Girl

    My Bunny Story Continues…

    Really, how could anyone expect you to resist the absolute cuteness of those babies? And, Grandma clearly loves them already ❤️ But, yes, there is a reason for the phrase "breeding like bunnies." Without some intervention, you could quickly move into cuteness overload!!
  16. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Photos came through fine, Jim, but that contraption looks frightening!! At 34, it is a good 10 degrees cooler than yesterday morning. But, it feels nicer because the gale-force winds have stopped. Yesterday reminded me of the old-time cartoons where characters would lean forward but get blown...
  17. Callender Girl

    Beatrix's Journey

    As Rick said to Louis in the movie "Casablanca": "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
  18. Callender Girl

    Chicken tidbitting at owner

    It's not ridiculous. Losing a beloved companion -- regardless of species -- hurts to our very core. Someone who was part of our daily life is gone, a relationship of years is over, and no one else can totally understand the grief. It sounds trite, I know, but healing takes time. At first, the...
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    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Congrats on your Packers. Interesting idea on "improving" the game, but I doubt it will catch on 🤣 Today looks like the last day for 60-plus-degree temps here, too. I guess I will need to turn on the furnace. It was only 60 in the living room this morning. I managed to MacGyver a chicken-wire...
  20. Callender Girl

    WHY I'VE NO BEEN SEING LOCAL AFRICAN CHICKEN COOP

    The top photo reminds me of the wattle fence panels we used to make for our heritage garden. We wove lengths of young, flexible willows through stiff uprights. Sorry. I know nothing about Lasota vaccine.
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