Special Needs Archives - Life is Better with Chickens https://betterwithchickens.com/category/special-needs/ Triumph (and sometimes trouble) at the henhouse Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:18:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://betterwithchickens.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cropped-cropped-p_egg-rotated-1-32x32.jpg Special Needs Archives - Life is Better with Chickens https://betterwithchickens.com/category/special-needs/ 32 32 Let it Snow!? Caring for Backyard Chickens in Winter Weather        https://betterwithchickens.com/chickens-in-winter-weather/ https://betterwithchickens.com/chickens-in-winter-weather/#respond Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:00:07 +0000 https://betterwithchickens.com/?p=439 Sure, right now we’re savoring autumn in east Tennessee (and many other places), but the balmy temps will soon drop. Maybe your first chicks are big girls now and you’re thinking What do we do when it gets really cold? Maybe, like our first brood, it hasn’t crossed your mind just yet. In either case,...

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]]> https://betterwithchickens.com/chickens-in-winter-weather/feed/ 0 Trouble at the Henhouse, or Raising Chickens is A Lot https://betterwithchickens.com/trouble-at-the-henhouse-or-raising-chickens-is-a-lot/ https://betterwithchickens.com/trouble-at-the-henhouse-or-raising-chickens-is-a-lot/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2023 06:00:02 +0000 https://betterwithchickens.com/?p=347 I have written quite a bit about the triumphs and near losses of raising chickens, but friends, it all exists. The subtitle of this website is “Triumph (and sometimes Trouble) at the Henhouse.” I chose this for two reasons: My favourite Canadian band, The Tragically Hip, released an album in the 90’s called Trouble at...

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]]> https://betterwithchickens.com/trouble-at-the-henhouse-or-raising-chickens-is-a-lot/feed/ 0 Oprah Our (Buff Orpington) Chicken Girl https://betterwithchickens.com/oprah-buff-orpington-chicken/ https://betterwithchickens.com/oprah-buff-orpington-chicken/#comments Mon, 26 Jun 2023 06:00:28 +0000 https://betterwithchickens.com/?p=232 It’s been a very challenging few weeks. We’ve definitely had some trouble at the hen house. There’s lots of tricky stuff to process and write about, but it needs time to settle. Right now I’d rather share some happiness and joy. Which means, it’s time to share the story of bringing home and getting to...

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]]> https://betterwithchickens.com/oprah-buff-orpington-chicken/feed/ 2 About Phaedra, Our Sweet, Sweet Parrot-Beaked Chicken Girl https://betterwithchickens.com/our-sweet-parrot-beak-chicken-girl/ https://betterwithchickens.com/our-sweet-parrot-beak-chicken-girl/#respond Tue, 04 Apr 2023 06:00:24 +0000 https://betterwithchickens.com/?p=163 Like humans, if you spend time getting to know your chicken girls, you’ll likely find they each have their own unexplainable and entirely lovable special needs. I don’t say this to make light of any being living with challenging disability. I say this because we are each unique and perfectly damaged in some small way...

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