Everyone, meet Kiwi, the newest addition to our city flock! (pardon my son's obnoxious laughter in this video) Kiwi is such a cutie, but she is rather noisy. I suppose this is because we are raising her alone, and she misses her sisters. You see, we used to have four hens (the maximum allowed according to city ordinance), but one day, tragedy struck. Two dogs on the loose (and the city was worried about the havoc our chickens would wreak) attacked our beautiful hens. I will never forget the day I came outside to find those two dumb dogs in my yard, and feathers all over the place! Three of our hens were attacked that day, and unfortunately, one of them did not make it. So, this spring, we had the opportunity to add another chicken to our flock to replace the one that had been lost. And we chose the noisiest one in the joint (hubby said we needed one with attitude). And now, we have Kiwi. She is a California White, which is a hyb...
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