Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

[PaulaJoAnne]

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Hehehe

Good to be back.

The alfalfa is to make up for them not being able to eat grass in the winter.
We did the pellets last year, but they were not real happy with them.

I keep saying I am going to do wheatgrass flats for them, but I haven't started yet. At hay prices up here, it may be cheaper and I think they will love it. It's very good for them. Anyway, I guess it depends on whether or not you have space for the trays, though....

I have done it, but with the low light in winter, it grows very slowly. It took about ten days if I remember correctly.
Then, you have to hope they can eat it all up before its frozen solid.

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

Has anyone heard of any recent issues with feed killing birds?

Just came across this: http://anchorage.craigslist.org/grd/2007563246.html

I e-mailed the poster asking if they would mind letting us know which feed they use, and to keep us informed.

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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Hmmmm. She does not say what brand it was. Would have been helpful.
We do not buy the commercial stuff though, so I doubt we will see any problems here. We stick with local Barley and fishmeal and BOSS.

 

[Ban seabhag]

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Thank you. I don't get here often because I seriously have very little in common with you AK folks other than the fact that I really like you people!

What better reason is there?

Paula that's the same thing roughly that I use. Did anyone find out what brand was the problem?

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

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Thank you. I don't get here often because I seriously have very little in common with you AK folks other than the fact that I really like you people!

What better reason is there?

Paula that's the same thing roughly that I use. Did anyone find out what brand was the problem?

They haven't responded to me.

 

[Wolfwoman]

I use the stuff from Budget Feed they've gone thru on 80lb bag and are on the 2nd.

Anyways... the two hatched chicks are now 2 weeks old! Black Copper Marans that Sam named Tundra..

And the White Crested Black Polish MIX - not sure yet what the mix is... but you can see the start of a tophat... anyone care to guess what mom might have been? Choices are Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire Red, Barred Rock or Favorelle.

 

[Mrs MIA]

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I'm guessing BR on that last one. If Faverole it would have 5 toes, most likely, and I'm not seeing the colors of the RIR/NH.

 

[Mrs MIA]

...and I'm guessing the message from joyrydr was spam?

 

[Wolfwoman]

It was one of the "vote for" posts. Both hers and mine were removed, tho I wasn't horribly mean.

The chick does show a tad of red/brown on the tips of some of the feathers that aren't real visible in the photos. So we'll see!! lol Good point about the toes on the Favorelle tho! I didn't think of that... plus they are feather legs.

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

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I can see a little bit of red leakage in the feathers. Doesn't that mean it has to be one of the red girls? There should be nothing in either a BR or WCB Polish to cause any red at all.