Susan Caldbeck stood at the edge of the chicken wire fence on her Agassiz farm, a bucket of blueberries and seed in hand. Around her were a number of donkeys 91裸聊视频� rescue donkeys, prize-winning donkeys and one donkey with scoliosis in her back 91裸聊视频� but Caldbeck didn91裸聊视频檛 pay attention to them. She only had eyes for the chickens.

91裸聊视频淥live. Lucky. Girlies,91裸聊视频� she said, calling out to the two chickens in a high pitched voice reserved for pets and small children. 91裸聊视频淲here91裸聊视频檚 my chickens?91裸聊视频�

The long, low bawck of an unimpressed chicken rose from the coop. Then, the white and red head of a Leghorn peered out.

91裸聊视频淥h hello Lucky,91裸聊视频� Caldbeck said, smiling. She tossed some seeds into the run, and Lucky pecked them up, then looked around as if to ask 91裸聊视频榃here91裸聊视频檚 my blueberries?91裸聊视频�

It seemed a pleasant life for a chicken, but it hadn91裸聊视频檛 been long ago that Lucky was not quite so lucky.

In early January, 55-year-old Caldbeck was looking through Facebook when she saw a post from woman who had found a chicken underneath her trailer.

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91裸聊视频淚t was the rainstorm right before the snowstorm,91裸聊视频� Caldbeck remembered. Normally, she said, she would have passed the post by.

91裸聊视频淏ut then she91裸聊视频檚 like, 91裸聊视频楽ome cat91裸聊视频檚 going to get this chicken,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 like, really? That91裸聊视频檚 the end of it?91裸聊视频�

Comments on the Facebook post about putting the chicken in a pot also pushed her to do something.

91裸聊视频淭his poor chicken has survived some pretty traumatic stuff already,91裸聊视频� Caldbeck said. 91裸聊视频淪he deserves a chance to live.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淪o my poor husband got home 20 minutes later, and I91裸聊视频檓 like, 91裸聊视频楥ome on, let91裸聊视频檚 go, we91裸聊视频檙e going on a chicken wrangling mission.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

The pair went over with a fishnet, and eventually cornered the rain-soaked chicken, scooped her up and took her home.

91裸聊视频淪he was so skinny,91裸聊视频� Caldbeck said. 91裸聊视频淚 have no idea where she came from.

91裸聊视频淪omebody said maybe she91裸聊视频檚 a spent chicken,91裸聊视频� she added, 91裸聊视频渟o she91裸聊视频檚 finished laying her eggs and she91裸聊视频檚 going to get slaughtered.91裸聊视频�

That didn91裸聊视频檛 deter Caldbeck though. Nor did the fact that, although she and her husband had been nominated farmers of the year when they lived in Aldergrove for their donkey breeding, she had never owned chickens before.

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91裸聊视频淚 have no clue what to do with a chicken,91裸聊视频� she said, laughing. 91裸聊视频淕ive me a donkey, a horse, you know.91裸聊视频�

Caldbeck put Lucky up in a dog kennel they converted into a chicken coop and set about creating a home for the chicken.

Her husband, called 91裸聊视频淧oor Dave91裸聊视频� by Caldbeck91裸聊视频檚 friends, built and rebuilt a roost for Lucky 12 times. Calbeck went out and bought 88 pounds of food, because she wasn91裸聊视频檛 sure which kind of chicken feed Lucky liked best. And of course, they went out and got a friend for Lucky as well.

Olive, a deep brown chicken with flecks of black and white on her feathers, came to live with Caldbeck shortly after Lucky arrived.

With Olive91裸聊视频檚 companionship and Caldbeck91裸聊视频檚 love, Lucky prospered. Thanks to Caldbeck91裸聊视频檚 posts in the Life in Agassiz Facebook group, she became a local internet celebrity. And along the way, she found that she wasn91裸聊视频檛 a spent chicken after all.

Since Valentine91裸聊视频檚 Day, Caldbeck has gotten more than a dozen eggs from the two chickens.

91裸聊视频淚 actually told them they didn91裸聊视频檛 have to lay eggs,91裸聊视频� Caldbeck said, laughing. 91裸聊视频淭he thought of giving birth every day just seems like a really bad idea to me.91裸聊视频�

Caldbeck hasn91裸聊视频檛 eaten any of the eggs yet 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频渋t91裸聊视频檚 kind of weird,91裸聊视频� she said 91裸聊视频� but has plans to increase her flock to get eggs of all different colours.

91裸聊视频淭hey have to be fancy chickens if they91裸聊视频檙e going to live here. Other than Lucky,91裸聊视频� Caldbeck added. 91裸聊视频淪he91裸聊视频檚 just a boring old Leghorn, but that91裸聊视频檚 okay.91裸聊视频�

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