We are new to having chickens this year, and BYC has been a great information resource in figuring out how to manage our flock. Many of the forum topics relating to cold, light, ventilation, health, general flock management, etc. refer to subarctic climates as extreme outliers with a different...
Our 7 month old pullet has a comb that is becoming increasingly pale. I don't know if what we are seeing is normal or not. The comb on our six month old pullet is remaining red. Here are two pictures of the bird in question.
7 months old:
and 4 months old:
She does not show any signs...
Do any of you other gardeners store your veggies in a root cellar?
Here is a picture of ours that was taken today:
This will be the third year that we have used it
Our food preservation routine has become easier and more efficient. Much less canning and freezing.
We also overwinter...
We hatched our first Icelandic chicks, Twister and Dos, this week. The information we found at BYC
has been very helpful for us as newbies and felt like we wanted to join the community. We have 10
more Icelandic hatching eggs ordered and will be looking to BYC for additional knowledge and...