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I'm in Klamath County, so a little south of Bend and probably higher elevation. It's wise to look for breeds that have small combs. This winter has been pretty mild, but when it gets way below zero you can have frostbite on large combs. Other than that your choices look pretty good for a...

That's good to hear. One of the things I was considering with the ecoglow is that I hope to eventually switch to solar power, and the ecoglow would take a lot less power to run than the heat lamps. I do still have several heat lamp bulbs on hand (having had a couple die on me, leaving chicks...

I just did a search, and the first site that came up reminded me of some things (it was also a page I'd posted on thirteen years ago, LOL!). First, in 2012 I built, and raised two batches of chicks in, an oil-lamp heated brooder. At the time I had no place to put it indoors, so it sat outside...

Ouch! I hadn't thought of that! The big heat lamp bulbs ARE incandescents!!! I've been considering those Ecoglow brooders -- more expensive than a heat lamp, but if we can't get heat lamps anymore.... Alternatively, do all my chick brooding while we are running the wood stove for heat, and...

Hmmm. Maybe I'd get more eggs if I took the three cockerels and the rooster out of the main coop. Though I haven't seen any breeding activity at all this winter, and the couple of hens that were bare-backed from the rooster have grown their feathers in again. I do like having them all in one...

Tammy N, I just looked at your info on the wicking garden beds! That looks like a larger version of the earthbox I made for inside the house! I've got greens growing in it -- it works great! I had been trying to figure out how to do bigger ones for outdoors -- thank you so much for posting...

Tammy N, why don't you look on-line at the Sprague River area? Donrae is right that it can be difficult to grow things here. Warm-climate crops like tomatoes NEED a greenhouse. It doesn't have to be huge -- I have friends who plan to build a 'walipini' greenhouse (mostly underground), and I...

I don't really know much about that area -- we are out east of the Upper Klamath Lake about thirty miles. Look in this area, and I'll be glad to help, LOL! :) Kathleen

I love Sprague River, but I don't have to commute! We usually go to town once a week, less if I can manage it. My youngest daughter is severely mentally handicapped, so we live on her SSI, plus the State pays me for caring for her. For a few years we've also got some income from the sale of...

Rodents are a slim possibility -- there are certainly enough holes for them to get in. But I don't think they'd eat the shells and all. I also have two Rat Terriers and five barn cats, so hopefully they are doing their job! However, I did get TWO pullet eggs this morning!!! YEAH! :) It's...

Hi, I probably should check for mites because the chicken coop was here when I bought this place last year and looks like there are lots of places for bugs to hide. They don't seem to have any feather issues, though, other than the usual bare backs on a few hens from the roosters. The Black...

Hi, I live in Sprague River, in Klamath County. Don't know if I've ever posted on this thread before, and wasn't going to read through 773 pages to find out, LOL! But I didn't have a computer for a couple of years, so wasn't posting on BYC anyway. I've got some hatchery GLW and BA's right...