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Hi from Alabama, formerly from Chugiak AK. I had Chickens, Banty's, Rabbits, Ducks, Turkeys over the 30 years I lived up there. I loved it. One thing you cannot do, is keep a Bear out of your Chicken house! I used two; '250 Watt' heat lamps all winter long in an insulated Chicken house. 25...

If your the least bit crafty, you can put some kind of a Comb over that feeder so they can peck at the feed from between the spokes, but cant scratch in it. One other thing you can do is suspend the Biddy coop over the normal chickens so they will eat what the Chicks dump.

I have 6 Black astrolope Hens, one Red hen and a black astrolope Rooster. They have been together for two years. I just put two White leghorns in there with them. The Leghorns are about six or seven weeks old. I put them in when I threw the Scratch so they all got kinda busy with that. I walked...

....the weather turns cold. They are White Leghorns, a Week old. I lost about 15 out of 60 during that week. I threw out the spraddle legs, one with four legs, and a few that were so tiny, and a few that just died All that week the temps were up in the 90's. Suddenly the temp tonite is 50...

What breed? Most everything we get around here look like White Leghorns to me. I got some of the ones the "Chicken Pickers" left one time, they did not lay, and were tough as Sage brush to eat. We'll try Chicks this time. If I get enough that survive, I may keep them till they lay to see...

At the local Gas station, having coffee, I asked about raising chicks in this hot weather. I told them about ordering them. We have the largest Chicken Farming population of any state or county right here in Cullman. One of the guys offerd this: "I just got in 44,000 Chicks. I'm not through...

I had Chickens when I lived in South Seattle. No roosters though. The Coyotes, Skunks, Coon's, Possum, house cats, stray dogs, Fox, weasels, and even the occasional Wild Cat all love Free ranging Chickens:( Remember what happend up on San Juan Island. They brought in Fox to eat the Rabbits, but...

:)We've had such sour luck with new Chicks in Febuary, I'd like to try them this fall. I need about 8 weeks to Chicken Choppin. During the winter, two years we had a terrible turn of the weather and lost two sets of chicks. Weather just got so cold went and windy we couldnt protect them. Now...