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    My experience with wood pellets

    I thought I'd share my experience after using wood pellets in two ways over the last two winters. For five months of the year my chickens stay in their indoor coop, an 8' x 16' area under my deck with a concrete floor. It is insulated with two warm walls that keeps the temp around -5 C for most...
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    school drawing

    Yesterday was the last day of school for my kids. My kids are in French Immersion (Canada). My oldest is in Grade 2 and came home with this drawing in her bag of year-end junk. It melted my heart. The depiction of the chickens is very accurate.
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    Feeding compost

    There are a million composting threads on here and I just read the 30 page one on the gardening forum, but there are still two questions I have. 1) It is often stated not to feed chickens mouldy or food that had gone bad. Well that is exactly what happens in a compost pile. So do people that...
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    SubArcticFowl's Winter Coop

    I finally got around to finishing my winter coop last weekend and moved my four chickens. The winter coop is under my deck and has two warm walls (house crawl space and biomass boiler room) and half a warm roof. The other walls are 2x6 construction with fibreglass insulation and vapour barrier...
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    Winter Egg Management

    I am curious what people's practices are for managing eggs in the winter? There is a good article on using an electric heat pad in the nest box to keep the eggs from freezing. I am trying something similar with a seed starting mat, but it doesn't seem warm enough. I work all day away from the...
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    bringing in new chickens

    This summer has been my first experience with chicken keeping. It went well. I started with three but unfortunately lost one due to complications relating to a prolapsed vent. The other two chickens have been safe and healthy. Where I live many people just have chickens during summer and send...
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    Chickens not acting like chickens

    Hello, first-time chicken owner here, but I have been lurking on this forum for years now. About a week and a half ago I finally got my first three chickens. They are laying hens from a caged farm. I thought they were white leghorns, but I guess they are Babcock hens...
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    Sub-Arctic Summer Coop Build

    Well, it is finally happening; I am getting chickens in about six weeks. It has been a long go trying to convince the wife, but she finally relented and agreed I'd have time to take care of them when I finish my MBA. I'm scheduled to finish on May 16 and hope to my chickens that week. A nearby...
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    under deck coop?

    Hello, looking for some feedback on my chicken housing plans. I’ve really wanted chickens for a while as I feel they would really compliment my garden, but have been limited for a few reasons. My biggest issue is my climate. I live in the sub-arctic region of northern Canada with long, cold and...
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    Hello from the sub-arctic of northern Canada

    Hello all. I am a long-time lurker and finally decided to make an account. As the title states I live in the sub-arctic region of northern Canada (think ice road truckers). There are a few people around here that keep chickens and I've been thinking about it for years. Keeping birds over the...
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