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Thanks, Alaskan. Yes, I have seen many frostbitten chickens in Wasilla and Palmer, and most especially, of course, single comb roosters. Thanks for the pointers. I had one bantam EE, and she was so sweet and friendly. Not the greatest layer, but a really nice pet. They can be wonderful...

Another breed I am looking at is bantam Wyandottes, for the same reasons I am interested in the other birds - these bantams are very good layers of nice sized eggs! There's bantams and there's bantams, and the bantam versions of the traditional heritage breeds are awesome little birds that are...

"With that said... I am really only talking Matsu and further south. Fairbanks cold...I would think that you have to heat." Not sure what you mean. Are you referring to some specific guideline re heating coops? I wrote about what I did this past winter, and I used a heat lamp, and I gave...

I will certainly keep trying to find people who ship here, and I was successful in one instance recently, however my hatch was a dismal almost-total failure, entirely due to my inexperience and my lackluster incubator. BYC doesn't have nearly the variety of breeds that ebay has in connection...

A general shipping and specific hatching eggs rant . . . Okay, I've lived in Alaska for almost 30 years, and I am familiar with the life-long frustration associated with ordering items to be shipped (otherwise known as "mail order") to Mars, I mean, Alaska. I have been perusing the...

I used a heat lamp for my coop this past winter, but my coop is within a shop/out-building on my property. It's a one-room cabin, actually, that is not heated but it does have electricity. My coop has tons of ventilation, including one large space covered in hardware cloth that could be either...