Recent content by OliversMom

Uggghh, autocorrect on my phone.. "divorce".

Do any of the Fairbanks folks know of anyone that breeds and sells chicks locally? We picked up about some chicks at the feed store, but I was interested to know if anyone sells any other breeds. We are back up 18 birds right now. I don't want to have to order another 25 from the hatchery...

Thanks for the condolences all. My husband and I thought it was strange that they were not eaten- not even one. I suppose it could be a neighbor's dog too; we have several that routinely wander through our yard. The snow falling off the greenhouse has reduced our fence to a speed bump on one...

I see several people have posted about heated dog dishes and I wanted to contribute another option that has worked well for us. We have a hanging metal waterer which I like because the chickens don't poo in it and it stays relatively bedding free. My husband glued a battery heater to the...

We had chickens for 3 years (in Goldstream area of Fairbanks)and never had a problem with predators of any variety...until last week. Something got over the fence and went into the coop through the small chicken door and killed, but did not eat, 30 of our 34 birds. Very sad. Obviously not a...

Hello! We picked up our chicks at the post office in Fairbanks 2 weeks ago and, sadly, lost nearly 1/2 within the first day- a few were even DOA. The second group is arriving tomorrow morning and we are hoping for a better survival rate. We've had chicks and turkeys before and didn't have...