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    Topic of the Week - Let's talk about eggs

    My girls were 16 weeks old when I got the first egg. I have Astralorps and Amercunas The Astralorps lay brown eggs and the Amercuas lay green eggs so it is easy to tell who is giving me eggs. It is winter here in Fairbanks Alaska, there is heat in the coop. A ceramic wall heater for safety...
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    Using Milk Crates for nest boxes

    I have 4 milk crates on a shelf, they are sitting upright but I used the saber saw to cut an opening in the side leaving a ledge at the bottom. I smoothed the edges where I cut the crate with a file. They are wedged in on the shelf and I put a board on top of the shelf to keep them in place...
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    Using Milk Crates for nest boxes

    I have 4 milk crates on a shelf. I cut out the side like a semi circle with our saber saw, leaving a ledge to keep the bedding inside and they are tight on the shelf. There is a board along the front that keeps them in place.
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    greetings from maine

    Greetings from Fairbanks Alaska! We have 4 Astralorps and 4 Amerucanas. They are 10 weeks old now. What an adventure! Last fall we built an insulated heated coop with run. All enclosed because we have a number of critters that love chicken dinners including the Siberian Husky, foxes, hawks...
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