Hi! I’m Ellen - this is Mabel - and we’re in Cleveland, OH.

Hello! My name is Ellen.

Recently, over the last few weeks, a chicken has been visiting my backyard. I figured she was a free range chicken and went back to her coop at night. I ended up following her one night and found out she was living in a downed tree behind my fence. I started giving her food and water while I figured out what to do. After a lot of research, I decided to rescue her and build her a large coop and fenced in yard space along with adopting a few other chickens for her flock.

On Christmas day, I found her stuck in a foot of snow after a terrible snowstorm. I built her a temporary shack out of 2x4s & 1/2 inch hardware cloth, went to Rural King for 16% crumble and bedding and got to work. We’ve built a 40 sq foot coop and run for the chickens, plenty of ventilation & 2 staggered roosts, one higher one lower - and she’s been roosting every night! - and she is currently the only one inside. The coop part has a nesting box and a hatch side that opens for cleaning and collecting eggs and has wood shavings for bedding: The run has a gate to let her into the fenced in yard. The run and ventilation is all covered in 1/2 inch hardware cloth. She’s been active during the day and seems really content! We will be getting the others in a few days so she can have a flock!!

Her name is Mabel. She is sweet, friendly, and extremely talkative. I’ve been told she is an Easter Egger or a mix.

I plan on adding oyster shells into her diet and a dust bath into the run.

Here for advice as this is my first chicken! I want to provide her with the best life possible.

Here’s a picture of her! (hard to see the hardware cloth because I took the photo in portrait mode)

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:welcome Hello from Nova Scotia and welcome to BYC! You’ve joined a great and resourceful community! Enjoy your journey!
She is absolutely beautiful and I’m so glad she wandered into your yard and adopted you! Lol sure you could argue you adopted her, but she lured you in!! Lol what a wonderful story to start your chicken adventures. Congrats!
 

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