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 香蕉视频直播� rescue donkeys, prize-winning donkeys and one donkey with scoliosis in her back 香蕉视频直播� but Caldbeck didn香蕉视频直播檛 pay attention to them. She only had eyes for the chickens.

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

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It seemed a pleasant life for a chicken, but it hadn香蕉视频直播檛 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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Comments on the Facebook post about putting the chicken in a pot also pushed her to do something.

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

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That didn香蕉视频直播檛 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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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 香蕉视频直播淧oor Dave香蕉视频直播� by Caldbeck香蕉视频直播檚 friends, built and rebuilt a roost for Lucky 12 times. Calbeck went out and bought 88 pounds of food, because she wasn香蕉视频直播檛 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 Olive香蕉视频直播檚 companionship and Caldbeck香蕉视频直播檚 love, Lucky prospered. Thanks to Caldbeck香蕉视频直播檚 posts in the Life in Agassiz Facebook group, she became a local internet celebrity. And along the way, she found that she wasn香蕉视频直播檛 a spent chicken after all.

Since Valentine香蕉视频直播檚 Day, Caldbeck has gotten more than a dozen eggs from the two chickens.

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Caldbeck hasn香蕉视频直播檛 eaten any of the eggs yet 香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播渋t香蕉视频直播檚 kind of weird,香蕉视频直播� she said 香蕉视频直播� but has plans to increase her flock to get eggs of all different colours.

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