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    5 Months Old Now

    All of our Birds are now 5 months old. Our Beautiful Tom that will unfortunatly be thanksgiving dinner. You can also see in the back our Malards My First egg!! It came from one of my Buffs :) so far she is the only one laying and she is laying one every other day!!! This is the lady that...
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    Now Are Outside

    They are loving our wonderful Alaskan wheather!! We are enjoying our new additions soo much! Chickens,Turkeys,and Ducks all get along YAY!!
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    Rlgnorths Page

    Hello!! We are just a normal Alaskan family enjoying life and spending it with our 3 wonderful Kids, 5 dogs,2 goats,2 ducks,2 turkeys and 25 baby chicks!!!! What more can you ask for!! Our Home 5 Dogs...Here our new addition 6 week old mastiff puppy!!! Our Goats New...
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    My broody hatched her first egg!

    this is our first exspirance with any hatching of any kind and this morning when feeding I saw this!! I am pretty sure it is polish mix as my rooster is a golden laced polish but not sure if it RIR or buff what you think?.The hen that hatched it is Buff but I put bunch of eggs under her. I had...
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    What breed do you have that is still laying in this cold weather?

    I have RIR and Buff Orph, They have been laying all winter long, we just hit a hard cold snap has been -40 at night for past week and I am getting eggs from 16 chickens. They have slowed down a little but most of the time I get 12-14 really slow day I still get 9-10.
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    Noticed somthing about differant feed.

    The eggs aren't too big they are just slightly bigger then normal I would get one or two a day this size but not all of them. Now they all are good large size instead of medium, the chickens were born in April. They free range too but up here in the winter nothing really to eat lol. I give them...
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    Noticed somthing about differant feed.

    I used to buy my chicken feed at walmart , but I have started buying the nutrena kind from the feed store becuase you get 50 pound bags and last longer. Well it has been about 2 weeks since they have been on the new feed and I have noticed thier eggs have increased in size BIG time. Could it...
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    Heating the coop in severe cold weather climates?

    This is my first winter with chickens and I live in north pole alaska. It gets soo cold here down to -50 but most of the time is not colder then -30 I built a insulated coop and so far soo good i also bought a radiant light bulb it dont give off light but gives off heat it only a 100w. We have...
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    51lb Tom and 30 lb hen I'm thrilled! (Processing Photos in the thread)

    I told husband next year I would like to try differant breeds (maybe ones that i dont Have to butcher LOL I knew getting these I would have to but it would be nice to have one around permantly we have offsprey (sp) and I honeslty think that my turkeys kept them from getting my hens this summer...
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    51lb Tom and 30 lb hen I'm thrilled! (Processing Photos in the thread)

    Mine were soo sweet. My hen exspecially she would follow me all around the yard and when ever I stopped she would cuddle in between my legs I love it!!! My tom was even nice. Dh says we are doing it again next year. Hardest part is butchering them after you have come to like them.
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    51lb Tom and 30 lb hen I'm thrilled! (Processing Photos in the thread)

    WOW I thought my turkeys were HUGE!! My girl was 18 pounds and my Tom was 30 after I processed them this past weekend.Got them in April as babies thought I did pretty good considering they weren't that old... Mine were same breed as yours :)GOOD JOB!! whats your secret hehe. Here was my tom( I...
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    Baby photo contest...

    Ok I tryed it with my other email... To get votes to count you just enter your email after you vote. Go back to your email and confirm it might be junk folder click link and that it. You dont actually sign up for anything I was worried we had to. I know I dont want to sign up for anything. It...
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    Baby photo contest...

    Kindof a fun thing to do if you have a little one... cause lets face it all babies are ADORABLE in my opinion. I have entered my little one and there can be multiple winners so if you have a cute baby join me!! Or you can Vote for my little Bonnie. I was thinking about putting one up with one of...
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    Frozen chickens?

    I am once again amazed This morning it is -27 out and this is my first winter having chickens they all did great!! and they all came outside to greet me this morning. I have insulated coop and so far no frost bite.During the day I use a think towl over the opening of the chicken door that way...
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    do this mean my rabbit is about to delever?

    I had a bunny have 7 babies 3 years ago. I put the box in there for her and waited..... I noticed 2 days before she had them she had pulled some of her fur out to insulate and make a bedding for them. I had put hay in there for her . They make a nice little nest for the babies in the fact the...
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    Fox issues

    Oh i have a curious fox as well.. had fresh snow and yesterday in the morning when going out to feed them you could see the tracks all the way around the fence like he was tryin to get in. Good thing I lock my babies up at night. We will be shooting it soon.I have heard that male urine might...
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    Collect eggs more often in the winter

    Im kidnof wondering the same thing... Since it get in the negatives here and I am stay at home mom I check 3-4 times a day just in case. I think when it gets in the -20 or colder I will check more often to prevent them from freezing.
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    Ranting about neighbor's friends

    (And for those of you wondering how we can have a mean dog with a little one around: We never let our daughter around the dogs unless we're right there watching. And honestly, it's like both dogs know that she's little and are very gentle with her. She helps us feed them and brush them and...
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    My Roosters Hate My Red Coat

    Is your Coat bright red? I have a roo that if my freind comes to help me collect eggs and she is wearing a hat he freaks out and will attack her but if she takes it off he is fine. I wanted her and the chickens to get used to each other cuase she is my sitter if I need her. Sounds like your...
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    Please Help Missing top beak

    I believe it was one of my ducks I have seen them be really mean to my chickens before. We were planning on butchering them just looks like we will be doing it sooner. I hope that is what happened to her and not somthign else.
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