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    Tough Alaskan Chickens!

    This picture was taken at about 10 degrees above zero. They don't care, if there isn't fresh snow on the ground, and they can get scratch, they will be brave! Merry Christmas, everyone. By then, the days will be starting to get longer again... That's three of my hens, Fat Albert, Wyatt...
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    Stalagmite Poop in the Coop - Chickens in Winter

    I don't remember what thread it was where someone wanted to see a picture of the chicken guano stalagmites that develop in my coop in the wintertime. They are essentially icebergs of poop. I break them loose as large chunks of frozen, odor free, fertilizer, and dump them in my compost bin with...
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    A bloody coop at -47 fahrenheit, and an AWESOME housesitter

    We left town in time for a cold snap, and last night, after a week of 40-50 below temperatures, my house-sitter went out to check on the hens, and found blood everywhere, found the affected bird, and took her in the house to clean her, inspect her, and call me. The eventual diagnosis was a...
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    How long, after the roo is gone, will the subsequent eggs laid not be fertile?

    Rooster Stew two weeks ago. The happy hens are laying without him of course, and eating his rations quite happily. How long though, before their fertile eggs have all been spent, and only non-fertile eggs remain?
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    How do I preserve a rooster pelt?

    Don't know which forum this fits in... I have a young rooster that I have to butcher, but my nephew wants the pelt, feathers and skin and all, to use the feathers to tie fishing flies. He's really quite good, an artist. Anyway, after I skin the bird, what do I do with the pelt? Is it best...
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    Sir Roo, Duke of Cornwall, disrespected me. He regrets his mistake.

    I chased him until I captured him, and held him pinned under my arm while I took him upstairs to show him how small and foolish he looked in my lovely new mirror. Then I made him watch as I balanced my checkbook, while discussing the cost of corn. The dogs were able to sniff each feather and...
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    Alaska Junior Chickens' First Snow!

    Just a light dusting on everything, they came out of the coop like they were in charge of the world, and discovered the ramp was slippery! The rooster in his manliness took charge, and was surprised at how much faster he slid down the slide than he expected, squawking all the way, through a...
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    Will the rooster survive or be dinner?

    12 weeks old Dark Cornish, good eating bird, didn't mean to have a rooster, but there he is. I heard him crow for the first time this weekend. He still hasn't started chasing me or attacking me, and if he stays nice, he can live. If he turns mean, he's dinner. Today the cat went on...
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    Local feed store out of starter/grower feed for my dual purpose pullets

    Nearest next alternative is 450 miles away. I have enough to get through a few days, and it's on order at the feed store, but if I run out, what can I substitute? I have oatmeal in the house and oat bran to start with, but what would I need to add to that? The chicks are only 9-10 weeks old...
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    How do you tell when your chickens are too fat?

    My daughter asked me this, and I of course had no clue. My "chicks" are 9 weeks old, and though they still peep like chicks much of the time, they look like chickens. Dual purpose breeds mostly, except for one dark cornish rooster. They have about 180 square feet of run to keep active in...
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    Chicken Fun under the Midnight Sun!

    Silly me. I thought that my biggest problem with the chickens was keeping them warm in the winter. Actually, it's 9:45pm and the sun is still shining and the chickens think it's time to stay outside and play in the sunshine and catch bugs, and I can't go to bed till they do! (They've been...
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    What would you call this color on an EE pullet?

    This is Chickbert, she's about 5 weeks old in this pic It was never my intention to get indoor outdoor carpet to match her, totally accidental. She wasn't expecting to be a runway model! Thanks
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    Frostbite's Alaskan Chicken Coop, Pictures at Last!

    This used to be my children's playhouse. I rebuilt the steps, changed the slide to a chicken ramp. The window is quadruple pane glass, The eves are hardware cloth, and I have 2 inch foam inserts so that I can fine tune the ventilation vs. temperature in the winter time. This is the view from...
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    Big Bad Predator

    http://www.newsminer.com/view/full_story/18852843/article-Grizzly-prowling-North-Pole-area-shot--killed?instance=home_news_window_left_top_1 No racoons here! At least in Alaska, chickens and their coops are justifiably protected
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    Gotta love ravens, check this out...

    They can be annoying only because they are brilliant. This is a link to data from a research project on the use of tools by ravens. You have to scroll down past the data to get to the videos, but the videos are progressively more impressive. These birds don't take long to process the...
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    I've done it, actually ordered my chicks...

    All this time in the forum and never owned a chicken, well, technically still don't, but at least now I can claim to have paid for some! A couple friends and I got together and put together an order big enough to get over the 25 chick minimum. I'm getting 6 girl chicks; two Easter eggers...
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    Ringneck Pheasant makes the count in Fairbanks Alaska???

    Every winter they do a Christmas bird count up here, and this year, a ring neck pheasant was spotted. It had also been spotted over a month earlier, and therefore had clearly survived a week long cold snap where temps got down to 30-40 below zero. It appears to be surviving on choke cherries...
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    Electrical outlets and chicken safety

    I'm working on the electrical system in my coop, and I'm wondering how to make the outlets safe. Part of the year I'll have a waterer plugged into it, part of the year I'll have a heat lamp plugged in there. Part of the time I won't have anything plugged in. What has worked well for you guys...
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    Traction Sand as Grit for Chickens?

    It appears to just be coarse sand, for the driveway when it's icy, coarse sand, too coarse for a sandbox, but smaller than stones. It's a whole lot cheaper than chicken grit. Would it work for chickens?
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    New from Fairbanks, Alaska

    Will from time to time be seeking advice particularly on managing chickens in sub-zero temperatures, particularly from folks who also have to deal with this issue. Still remodeling a playhouse into a coop, haven't wired it yet, but I plan to have an electric water heater to keep the water...
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