Recent content by shabbychix

Pics would be super! Your idea sounds amazing. Are the Wyandottes pretty cold hardy? Mellow with other chickens? I would be very interested in a rooster youngster if you have one. I'll do some research. I am considering Orpingtons and don't know what else yet.

How about hot water bottles to keep chicks warm? I watched a you tube yesterday of a woman who lives off-grid, raising brand new chicks. She had two, what looked like 1/2 gallon or quart canning jars that she filled with almost boiling water and then covered them with a sock or material ...

Solar Heater out of soda cans! I do hope you are willing to share this knowledge!! I, unfortunately, had to sell my Icelandics. The property I was moving to that had the chicken coop ... well, let's just say that it didn't pan out. I jumped the gun and had ordered the Icelandics, and then...

Hey, ShabbyChix here. It hasn't even been a year between posts. I'm getting better at this! Ha. Seriously, I am starting over AGAIN. I just believe that the problems, issues and successes that we have, here in the Interior, are beyond what others can comprehend - regarding successfully...

You are the last post on my thread. Thank you! It has been about a year since my last post. Yes, my last two chickens died, I think from eating insulation but am not sure. But I never could get the "need for chickens" out of my mind. I seem to really have a THING for chickens. Sooo... I...

Well, it's been about a year since my last post. I lived off-grid at that time and did learn much regarding chickens and low temps/confinement. Living in the Interior, it was not unusual for temps to reach -30 degrees to -60 degrees. It was a challenge for sure. I did get majorly...

Thank you so much for that info/opinion. We, of course, can't put water outside here .. or there would only be ice. I guess good ventilation may be the answer. But personality wise, do you think the geese would go after the chickens if they are confined. No option to confinement. I get...

Does anyone have experience with mixing a couple chickens with a couple ducks and a couple geese in the same coop, confined for most of the winter? I have a friend who has the ducks and geese and would like to add a couple of my chickens. Any opinions or experience would be most helpful!

Anyone try having chickens, like, attached to their house? I mean, sharing heat?

I was rambling, sorry. They were all Buckeyes.

Summer got really busy for me so I've been absent from BYC for awhile. I'm going be a Gramma! And not to a chicken. Very excited about that. Thinking of selling my cabin and moving back to (closer to) Fairbanks. But I have to say that, in large part because of this Forum, I have two...

Oh my gosh, I'm so excited! She will be so happy to have a friend for her pet! I'm not sure how to proceed. Can you give me your number so she can call you? Or email? I'm new here. Is there a secure way of doing this so I don't have to post my/her phone or email? She would never "et him"...

I had no frost bite. Buckeyes have pea combs (almost not there) and no wattles that I can see! That and the fact that their feathers are tight, making them good cold weather chickens, are the reasons I have Buckeyes. Who knew that they would decide that feathers taste better than their food...

Boy, I hear you regarding the busyness and not having things done. I had the exact same determination about wood, getting it all in before this winter, and I have none. House needs to be stained .. gave up on that and the coop needs some work. My coop is actually great except for the door...

Sorry so long to reply but, yes, I did take the pics and have many more. Can't help it as the sky is magnificent and changing all the time. Happy that you enjoyed them! Thanks!! I used to live in the woods, which I loved, but having a view is amazing! I'm on a small hill surrounded by...