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    Suggestions for a VERY muddy run?

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    Suggestions for a VERY muddy run?

    I get gravel from the local parking lots
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    TOP FIVE, growing extra food for your flock

    Here’s our SE Alaska top 5 1. We grow a lot of lettuce - different varieties and the chickens will eat all of it. After it bolts and gets bitter they will still strip the leaves off of the thick stems. 2. Kale of course 3. They love picking wild blueberries when we let them out. 4. Any new...
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    Feather loss from a goshawk attack

    Thanks!
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    Feather loss from a goshawk attack

    My hen escaped from a goshawk attack a few days ago but lost quite a number of feathers. She appears fine and is still laying eggs. I fdidfibd any puncture wounds or other injuries. Any thoughts on how long feather regrowth will take? It’s still winter here but she has a secure coop and 5 other...
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    Show me your Runs!...please 😇

    That’s impressive! As we have lots of snow here we have a slanted roof of semi-clear corrugated plastic and now have strong plastic sheeting over that as leaks developed over the years. We have an assortment of items in the coop includinga cement block in the coop for beak cleaning, a mirror and...
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    What Bedding Do You Use? ~ Member Poll And Compilation~

    When I have herbs that have dried and lost culinary use I add to the coop bedding. It smells good but I have no idea if the chickens get any benefit.
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    North to Alaska!

    Well they are more pricy than we would like. I give my hens a lot of supplemental food so they probably don't eat as many pellets. We buy meal worms from Amazon, they get a cup of bird seed every day and lots of greens that would be thrown out as they are too old for the grocery stores to sell.
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    North to Alaska!

    Ooops typo in there! Ignore dead!
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    North to Alaska!

    I just found dead it but I think I’ll stick with the main forum. Lots of chicken owners here in Juneau.
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    Is my run cluttered enough?

    I only put a minimal amount of food in mine but you can really fill it up if you have a dry climate (which is not the case here in Juneau, Alaska).
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    Is my run cluttered enough?

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    Is my run cluttered enough?

    Mine have never done that but I have knocked it a couple times! I’m sending a photo
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    Is my run cluttered enough?

    I bought a chicken feeder that I hang up with a flexible wire from the coop roof (the feeder was only about $17.00). That keeps mice and other rodents from getting into the pellets. I don’t have much food spilled as the bottom is a lipped tray.
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    This is a hen right?! 😂

    We have a hen who is a great layer. She looks somewhat like a Banty but Is bigger so we don’t know her breed. She acts like a rooster, is incredibly noisy each morning and struts around like she rules the roost - but is not the dominant hen. She has a large comb and is quite rooster-looking. So...
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    Snake ID please

    It’s actually a musk they release as predator deterrent. Don’t get that stuff on your hands!
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    Official BYC Poll: How Long Have You Been Raising Chickens?

    That was supposed to say - electric fencing is a necessity.
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    Official BYC Poll: How Long Have You Been Raising Chickens?

    Having backyard chickens had just started to become popular here in Juneau, Alaska about 8 or so years ago. I wanted to have chickens (for eggs) for a number of years before we finally got our original three hens. Six years ago I got my hens when they had just started laying. They were given to...
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    SO. MUCH. MUD. Thinking of putting a metal roof on run....

    We use the corrugated plastic roofing and we have LOTS of rain and snow in Juneau, AK. It does get some damage allowing leaks. We later covered it with heavy duty clear plastic that is reinforced with nylon twine. That we overlapped along the roof support beams and stapled to the wood.
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    Predator took all 5 hens last night! I feel horrible!

    Great horned owl is a possibility.
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