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    Canadians check in here....

    Welcome! What kinds of hens/ducklings? I have Chanteclers, Orpingtons, and Muskovys. Aren't new flocks exciting?
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    Canadians check in here....

    I grew up in Red Deer!! I'm 6hrs North of Edmonton now, but all of my family is still in your neck of the woods. I'm down a couple times a year.
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    Canadians check in here....

    Where are you from? I haven't heard of any of the cattle farmers around here having bears as an issue with their herds. The bears will get into their grain though, they love oats. I had a bear get into our compost several times this spring, but she didn't touch the rabbit in the cage 50m away...
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    brooding off the grid

    I know this thread is old, but I thought I would add my 2 cents. I am off grid and brooding chicks in their coop with a kerosene lantern. I have a thermometer next to the lantern and it says the temp there stays around 35C. I'm in northern Canada and we are still getting frost, but the temp...
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    Canadians check in here....

    Yes, thank you for all of your help :). I've arranged to hatch some Partridge Chantecler eggs in May. A good, hearty, Alberta made bird. They are supposed to be very cold tolerant with a pea comb. The Alaskan blog has given me more hope with my birds and some more insight. If she can...
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    Canadians check in here....

    I assume you're talking celcius with the -23 (being the Canadian thread) our winter averages -20 to -25 and dips to -40 for up to a week at a time. Based on that...heat is a good thing, yes? Well...that's one of our issues. We are off grid. We heat with either wood or propane and our power...
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    Canadians check in here....

    The dependable power source is an issue with me as well - we are on solar. In the winter we don't have a lot of sun, so there isn't any extra power to be running a power hungry item such as a heat lamp. What your Uncle is doing, butchering the flock every fall, is quite common here. I'm hoping...
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    Canadians check in here....

    Im from (roughly) Peace River, Alberta. I say roughly because it's the closest town to me and it's still 45km away. Yep - I'm in the boonies. I'd love to connect with anyone who is far north and has the long cold winters. I grew up in Central Alberta and thought I knew what winter was. Ha! I...
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    Hi from Canada

    Thank you for the welcomes :) I'm hoping to learn as much as I can and then hopefully help other people in cold climates like ours. There really isn't a lot of information- mostly because not a lot of people live up here. ;)
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    Hi from Canada

    I'm located in northern Alberta - so far north that I'm only 250miles or 400km from the North West Territories. I've been lurking on the forum for nearly a year now trying to decide what I'm going to do for my first flock. The average temperature from November until February is -25C (-13F) with...
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