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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
Shantie and Sophie warming up in front of Woodstove
December 29, 2015
by Naomi Gray

Staying Warm

In the cold winter, our chicks like to come inside the house to stay warm. Some of them like to hang out in front of the wood stove to warm up. Shantie and Sophie spent quite bit of time at the same spot preening and soaking in the heat from the wood stove.  

Category: Housing, Social Life
August 25, 2015
by Peter Gray

Integrating new pullets into the flock

Despite our best efforts, we seem to lose one to two chickens per year to illness or predators, so we’ve been on a schedule of about three baby chicks every second year, and this year we got the five chicks described in previous posts, after an unusually high loss rate in spring and early summer….

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Category: Baby Chicks, Housing, Training
June 24, 2015
by Peter Gray

An outdoor pen for our growing chicks

An outdoor pen for chicks should satisfy several goals:  1) it gives the curious, active, growing birds a chance to explore and practice free-range foraging; 2) it protects them from daytime predators such as housecats and possibly ravens, magpies, and small hawks; 3) it’s cheap, simple, and easy to move to a new location each day;…

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Tag: cooling, food, heat, outdoor pen, water
Category: Baby Chicks, Food and water, Housing
June 18, 2015
by Peter Gray

The Five Chicks on their first road trip.

A few years ago when we first brought a set of three chicks on the road with us, it was out of necessity. We didn’t have any good options for their care, and the birds were too young to be left on their own for two weeks. We weren’t sure how they would cope with…

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Tag: Road trip with baby chickens
Category: Baby Chicks, Housing
June 6, 2015
by Naomi Gray

Life Goes on with Shantie & Sophie

After the tragic loss of Becky, Peter created a new cover for the baby box. It has a smaller opening in the middle, so that we can reach inside without removing the whole cover. Now Shantie and Sophie are able to nap in more secure nursery.

Category: Baby Chicks, Housing
June 5, 2015
by Naomi Gray

RIP Becky

We had a terrible accident this morning. We were busy preparing our breakfast at that moment. Coco, one of our hens, who was visiting inside the house jumped into the baby chicks’ box, and started wolfing down the baby food. I noticed the commotion with the baby chicks and removed Coco from the box as…

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Category: Baby Chicks, Hazzards, Housing

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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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