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    ARE SILKIES WINTER HARDY?

    We live in northern Nova Scotia, which would have colder winters than most parts of the U.S. Our silkies are at least as winter hardy as our other birds. Their coop is unheated, though not drafty. No cold-related fatalities. Unless it is bitter cold, we open the coop door during the days...
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    Old Wood Ashes... safe for dust bathing?

    After reading this thread, I started giving my substantial amount of wood ash to our chickens for dust bathing, and they are loving it with absolutely no ill effects. When we clean out the coops now and put it for composting, the humus is going to be better than ever. It is going to be a...
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    Can chickens eat whole oats?

    We recently bought 100 lb. of whole oats to supplement our alpacas' winter vittles and decided to try the chickens and guineas on it. They loved it, hulls and all. We went a step further this week. The gf has started fermenting their chicken feed, and she is mixing it 1/3 oats and 2/3 feed...
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    New from New Scotland (Nova Scotia)

    Hello, all. My girlfriend and I live in rural Nova Scotia on a picturesque little hobby farm with alpacas, wild blueberries, guineas...and chickens! We got our first birds just last month. We started out with a few guinea keets to eat some of the plethora of bugs that we have here. Then, we...
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