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  1. Jillea

    Hello from Anchorage, Alaska

    I am in Montana, but spent three years in Anchorage, AK. Yep, I was in the Army stationed there a while back. I know the answer to how to keep your chickens warm in the winter as we have cold winters in Montana too. You suspend a single 65-70 watt light bulb in the coop, in the center of the...
  2. Jillea

    Canibal chickens?

    They have a separate feeder with oyster shell in it 24/7. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try some of them, except maybe the mustard in the shell one as I distinctly do not like mustard, not the looks of it or the smell. But I'll try the others. I think I may be down to just one cannibal so...
  3. Jillea

    Canibal chickens?

    We lived in Ferndale, Ca when I was growing up and then in West Sacramento on and off between military stationings, Had ducks as a kid, but never got to have chickens till now. My husband and I designed the coop and run so I could move it since there are too many cayotes and wolves in the area...
  4. Jillea

    Canibal chickens?

    My chickens are well fed. They have ample grass, scratch, laying pellets, crumble and occasionally pread bits and milk-a tip from the original owners. They have a 25x25 foot portable run which we designed so we can move both the coop and the run weekly. The coop is about two and a half feet...
  5. Jillea

    new to byc

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Never had chickens but raised ducks a looooong time ago when I was a kid. We got the chickens with less than twenty-four hours notice after just mentioning that we were concidering getting some at church. (2) How many chickens do...
  6. Jillea

    Canibal chickens?

    After wanting to research and then get chickens to raise, we were given twenty hens and two roosters with less than 24 hrs. notice. We took the mixed group, built a movable coop and run, and life was good for about two and a half months. Then I caught one of my hens red handed in stealing an...
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