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Author / Naomi Gray
January 16, 2016
by Naomi Gray

Chickens Path

When there’s so much snow on the ground, our chickens spend a lot of time hanging out inside our house. But when the snow is so deep, we have to shovel the snow to create a path for them to walk.

Tag: Leo, Shantie, Sophie
Category: Fun activities, Housing
January 5, 2016
by Naomi Gray

Indoor Dust Bath

Some of our chickens enjoy the “indoor dust-bathing simulator.” Since there’s too much snow outside, they decided to take a towel-bath, simulating a dust-bath. Sophie and Amy were working out hard scratching and rolling around on the bath-towels we put on the benches. It’s just like a treadmill for the humans.  

Tag: Amy, Sophie
Category: Fun activities, Health
June 3, 2015
by Naomi Gray

Antibiotic Bread for a Sick Chicken

It’s not easy to give antibiotics to a chicken with respiratory disease. I normally have no problem with this with other chickens. I hold her on my lap, wedge her body with one arm, and open her mouth with the same hand. Then I inject medicine with the other hand, gently squeezing the tiny syringe…

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Category: Kiki, Medical
June 3, 2015
by Naomi Gray

The Arrival of the Chicks

Today, we received a phone call from the local post office informing that the package of the chicks has arrived. My husband stopped by the post office to pick up the chicks during his lunch break, and picked up a bag of starter feed from a feed store. We opened the box, and saw these…

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Category: Baby Chicks
Kiki the Barred Rock Hen
June 1, 2015
by Naomi Gray

Kiki Fights Respiratory Disease

Kiki, our five-year old Barred Rock hen, recently developed a respiratory disease. I first noticed her with heavy breathing with her beak open. He sinus looked stuffy most of the time, but she occasionally cleared it out with running nose and sneezing. She stopped laying eggs a couple of weeks ago, and her breathing became…

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Category: Kiki

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Chickens Path
Indoor Dust Bath
Shantie and Sophie warming up in front of Woodstove
Staying Warm
Molting Chicken
Molting Season
Pippi Kissing Leo

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