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    Ended BYC's 2024 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along—Poultry Pecking Pumpkins Photo Contest

    The Yukon (Canada). About 150mi from Alaska. One of these days (in my oodles of spare time 😂) I plan on writing an article about maintaining a coop in extreme winter conditions. Sharing all of the lessons I have learned, many the hard way. There are so many small details, like preventing the...
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    Ended BYC's 2024 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along—Poultry Pecking Pumpkins Photo Contest

    Unfortunately we have a ton of snow already. A solid 13"! This is going to be a painfully long winter here in the Arctic!
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    Ended BYC's 2024 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along—Poultry Pecking Pumpkins Photo Contest

    A pullet working on the finishing touches while the cockerel supervises.
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    Ended BYC's 2024 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along—Poultry Pecking Pumpkins Photo Contest

    The workers have arrived.
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    Ended BYC's 2024 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along—Pumpkin Carving Contest

    Anyone that has ever wondered where baby pumpkins come from...here is your answer! And if you are wondering about the background, yes, we already have 8" of snow on the ground.
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    Ended BYC's 2024 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along—Pumpkin Carving Contest

    My 7, 5 & 3 yr olds carved this pumpkins with cookie cutters and a rubber mallet. 😂
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    Oops, wrong father...so confused!

    look this boy square in the eyes and tell me he isn't evil. The girls avoid him like the plague. He mounts them when Cuckoo isn't looking and they scream bloody murder. Cuckoo comes running and chases Copper around the run a half dozen times as the girls scramble to get out of the way.
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    Oops, wrong father...so confused!

    This spring I had a terrible hatching rate, just 2/12 eggs (not a big deal since I had 11 females ordered from a hatchery, although 1 turned out to be male...another oops). When the two hatched I was so happy to see that they looked like pure bred barred rock females. At 4/5 weeks old, I was...
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    Ended BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024—Winter on the Farm Photo Contest

    Thank you! All the photos were lovely to see! I don't envy whoever had to decide the winners amongst all the beautiful photos. Great job everyone!
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    Official BYC Poll: Do You Wear a Mask or Respirator When Cleaning Your Coop?

    I live 100mi from Alaska, so I can't clean the coop in the winter because everything is a big frozen block of straw/poop. In the summer I prefer to use wood chips. I go full on safety when cleaning the coop...Hazmat suit, safety glasses, shower cap and respirator with cartridges that filter...
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    Never seen anything like this..!please help

    I live in the Yukon (100mi from Alaska). It does look like frostbite. The comb isn't bad. He may or may not loose the tips. The wattle is what is causing him enough pain to be lethargic. I am guessing that he has been drinking from a water bowl which is what got the wattles so cold to do that...
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    Climate Change and Geese

    I came across this interesting article about the impact this unseasonably warm winter is having on wild waterfowl...a goose hatching a pair of goslings in December in Canada! When I lived in that city many years ago I have seen more than 3 feet of snow at this time of year. Never goslings...
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    Ended BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024—Chilly Coop Contest!

    The quaint little chick coop waiting peacefully in the snow for the spring brood. Once they are big enough, the chicks always love perching in the mountain ash tree.
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    Ended BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024—Chilly Coop Contest!

    The coop with fresh snow on the chicken door. On the left is their 'tent' for year round dust baths. On the right (only partially visible) are a series of wooden objects for perching on. Above are zig zagging clothes lines to keep aerial predators away.
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    Ended BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024—Winter on the Farm Photo Contest

    I had to dig the roosting bar out from 5' of hard packed snow for these boys to enjoy some afternoon sunshine. They are Husky (left), Dalmatian (center) and Tortoise (right).
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