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Snoopy’s Mid-Winter Wardrobe Refresh: How to Help Molting Chickens

Snoopy’s Mid-Winter Wardrobe Refresh: How to Help Molting Chickens

Posted on November 11, 2024January 9, 2025 by Carra

When I wrote about caring for chickens in winter weather, I mentioned the struggles of sweet Snoopy, a California White hen who has combs and wattles to match many roosters and the stiffer feathers that tend not to pack quite as much padding under the primary layers. These physical traits are indicative of breeds more…

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Phaedra a Welsummer with a parrot beak

About Phaedra, Our Sweet, Sweet Parrot-Beaked Chicken Girl

Posted on April 4, 2023April 20, 2023 by Carra

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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