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I'm still a "New Egg" and I love BYC! It has already helped me in so many different ways - I am a relatively "new" chicken person (1 yr) with chicken questions that require opinions from chicken owners who live in -60 conditions at times. This is a dramatically different scenario from an...

Maybe I'm not meant to have chickens in the Alaskan interior. Others seem to make it work. If you have read some of my comments you know that I had a "not so good" winter with my Buckeyes. In the heat of the summer I lost three hens for no reason whatsoever. Two were in the laying boxes...

I went on a friend's advice and bought Buckeye chicks in the spring of last year. I researched them and found nothing but great info regarding this breed and cold weather. Pea combs, tight-knit feathers, low incidence of pecking. What happened is pretty much the opposite of what I expected...

New to chickens but heard that Buckeyes were a gentle, winter-hardy breed (even in North Dakota). Last winter didn't turn out so well, here in the Interior. I would love to hear from other Buckeye owners and compare experiences.