Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

[Mrs MIA]

LOL!
Yes, there are areas where you can spread out. Commuting is usually required unless it's something you can do from home remotely (like my work). The commute is definitely a challenge in the winter, but that would be the same anywhere. Oh, and BTW, the Kenai Peninsula Borough wants their cut, so gas here is $3.74... usually 30-40 cents more than Anchorage.

If you can give us an idea of the type of job he's looking for, maybe we can help steer.

 

[Wolfwoman]

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Have you asked them if they could live anywhere in the world they wanted, would they still be where they're at?
Or ask them why they don't move to Alaska, or Kansas? When they say I don't want to live there, ask them why they don't understand that about where you choose to live?

Oh yes, all of them. The answer is that they live where they do because that's where the majority of family lives. That was a dead end argument.

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

Steve just called.
He got a 54" and Israel got a 45"

They are leaving the Bird Creek area right now, and I will pick him up in the morning.

 

[BirdBrain]

Fantastic, Paula!!! Glad to hear it.

 

[Eveil]

YAAA

I got my first egg out of the three babies I started with. We had a bantom chicken that we got at the same time that was laying. She was so that i would not go crazy tell my babies grew up and started laying eggs of there own. Well she stopped laying about three weeks ago. Im thinking maybe its cause she only lays in the summer

. But to day my kid when out to change water make sure they have food and well really i think he just likes to play in there. But he found an big egg laying in the middle of the coop. not in a nest or anything. just hanging out. It is way to big for the little hen to have laid so that means one of my three girls I raised from two week old had to have laid it. now if I can find out who is laying and make them use one of the 4 nests I have.


Yaaa way to go steve. That is way cool!!!

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

Ugh, I have total anxiety about adding the Orloffs and the little RLW Cornish to the "Big Boy" pen. They HAVE to get out of the green house, so tonight is the night.

I don't know whether having them in some kind of crate or kennel in the pen to let the other birds get used to them would help or not. I somehow don't think so. I think I'm just going to slip them into the melee under the cover of night and be sure to be up there when it gets light out to make sure I don't have to whack any roosters with my broom.

Maybe I should lock my Three Amigos (3 juvie Del roos) into a kennel. They can get pretty harsh when they gang up together. The Dels are nice birds, great layers and these three little roos are big, meaty boys, but they are just not very nice to other chickens. They really need their own quarters, wish I could provide that! Maybe if they can just hold out 'til spring....

Paula, haven't checked the other thread. How are your birds, any change? Also, congratulate the guys on a successful hunt! Guess we know what you're doing today!

Eveil, congrats on the eggs!!!!

 

[Wolfwoman]

I kennel for a day, then the next day I do a supervised 'mingle' and if there's minimal meanness I leave em be for about 30 minutes and go back and check. If all is still well, then it's a go. If they are severely stressed or pecked they go back in the kennel for another day.

You could put the 3 Dels in the greenhouse area for a day while the Orloffs are in the coop. When you put the Dels back they'll be at the bottom of the pecking order.

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

Ok, just got back in from constructing a pallet "mini coop" in the corner, and now that it's mostly dark, I can go get the girls and throw them in there.

Bonnie, I think if I still have problems with the boys after I let the babies out, I will banish them to the garden for a few days. Little brats. Luckily, one of them is going to their new home SOON! (And the other one needs to make his way to freezer camp.)

 

[Wolfwoman]

Let us know how it works... the Orloffs are small and quick, so that should help too!

 

[MrsDeb]

Rachel,

Thats how I have always done my introductions, in the dark of the night and I place them on the roost with the other chickens. So far so good. I know
some folks it hasnt worked for but around here it's worked like a charm........Good luck! I also like the idea of taking the older boys out and putting
them back at the bottom of the pecking order....