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Meet Buckbeak! She's a Crossbeak Silkie with more than a few things going against her, but we will be letting her live her best life, no matter how long or short that might be. She's 6 weeks old and only the size of a 1 week old chick, so she is currently living in my bathroom as my 7 and 8...

What a beautiful goose! We are back out again today to catch the last 2 remaining Fawn and White Indian Runner Drakes that were dumped in Manito Park here in Spokane! We caught 2 of them yesterday with the help of the Parks Dept. Poor boys are super healthy looking for having been dumped 3...

Phew! 13 days my group of volunteers worked....we fed, watered, caught, sought medical care for, and reunited pets in the Gray fire area! Our final "tally" of animals helped/saved/evacuated included... 350+poultry 77 cats 46 dogs 50+ deer 34 Horses 47 Goats 4 Cows 2 Porcupine 1 Llama 1...

Okay Ladies and Gents, talk to me about caring for meat birds! I took in a flock of 36-38 chickens last night that have been displaced by the fires on the East side over here near Spokane. I don't have an accurate count as they were unloaded into my dark, unused for 5 years coop under my deck...

Anyone on the East side have fertilized eggs they want hatched? I now have 2 incubators that I am dying to use, but no room to add to my own flock! This is like "chicken math" on steroids y'all! I'm even considering learning how to make a quail setup inside the house just so I can use the...

I broke down this year and let my broody hens have eggs (1 hatched). I also have a small coop, a friend of mine bought it from costco to use as a catio until his cat busted out the ramp/run door! I bought it from him for $20 because at the time, we had only 1 hen left and I wanted to set her up...

I have an EE broody that has no intention of not being broody, yet she has refused fertilized eggs (kicked them all out of the nest and then made a daring escape from the topless pen I made for the 2 broody hens I had. Now, she has refused chicks too! I snuck them under her, she immediately...

Drove from Spokane to the North 40 in Ponderay this morning...I hate when hubby is right and I should have waited for them to open and called first. They do not have chicks year, but some of the North 40's are getting Fall chicks this year, starting later this week! I will call around to the...

No luck at TSC, I was shocked when it came up in a Google search, but the "now open" flags and half empty shelves tell me it's a new store!But, no chicks. I can't seem to find any anywhere and I'm not spending $70+ on ordering 3 chicks to ship next week, I will just do my best to help my White...

I'm my way out to "hit up" the TSC I just found out we have over in Deer Park! I tried to post an ad on FBMP and got myself banned for posting to "not sell a , breaking both the not intending to sell rule and the you can't sell animals rule simultaneously. My lesson has been learned and next...

Lots of goings on here....been keeping me away from the computer a lot! This little guy/gal hatched today! Sadly, I think the only other "surviving" egg from the 6 I gave Momma stopped about halfway. So, does anyone near Spokane have any chicks that hatched today or like tomorrow or Saturday...

I really enjoy our cams (inside and outside the coop) too...way easier than finding my way to a window if there's a commotion! And, I can check on the gals when I'm out of town too.

That one in Spokane County makes me nervous....but a flock of 75, it can't be in Spokane city...we are limited to 1 hen per 1,000 sq ft property! I have a 10,000+ sq ft lot and am "over limit" with my 13 hens! I'm going out tonight to wrap my 2x4 fencing with some bird netting I have, but with...

I really think it's feather picking/bullying this go around and not really broody behavior in my flock. I took "up skirt" pics of my gals last night and most of the have bald bellies! We had part of our roosts fall down in the really cold months...I had it partially up and that only sort of...

What a day it's been...youngest has therapy Monday mornings, so had to get her up early to get showered before eating breakfast and taking her. Home to get some school done, we only got about half of the planned work done, before I had to drive clear out to the Valley location for my hand...

This sounds delicious! I think I may have to make one...how do you rehydrate your fruit? Boil in water, or something else? My great grandma had a cookie recipe that had you boil raisins and then add the raisins and some of the "raisin juice".

Trigger finger in my left index and ring fingers this time. In 2013, I had carpel tunnel, trigger thumb, and deQuervain's done in both hands! Last summer, all 8 of my fingers started triggering, but rest and therapy helped all but these 2. In December, I'm fairly sure I broke my right hand...

Morning! I had surgery on my hand Friday, so this week is being spent all bandaged up. Next week, I can go down to bandaids until the stitches come out! I'm doing as much of the chicken care as I can one handed, but so much else is being left undone!

When I googled it, all I could find was that "most chickens avoid them". And since it wasn't in an area I can safely leave them alone, I didn't want to wait around for them to eat it, lol.

Bleh! Slugs have woken up for the spring...I have a HUGE population of Leaopard Slugs in my yard, never had any issues with the chickens going after them before. Today though, the gals found one and killed it! Several of them "taste tested" it before I got it buried and the gals shooed out of...