Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

[PandoraTaylor]

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Good luck Pandora! I'm sorry the backward baby didn't make it.

I do believe that you are the most addicted to hatching of this group.

Bonnie may not be far behind though...

I don't know I took August-October off from hatching......But I did alot of Jan 1 -July 9th.

 

[Ban seabhag]

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[PaulaJoAnne]

I am getting turkeys tonight!
I can even keep them seperate from the chickens, because we have a double coop, and each side has its own large pen.

They will be locked up for the night and morning, so I can add some wire height around the fence.

I am so thrilled, because I cannot eat commercial turkey due to having Celiacs.

 

[debilorrah]

Hi everyone. I have had a bad day. And to top it all off, Kens son announced tonight he is moving to Missouri.

 

[debilorrah]

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I am happy for you!!!!!! I love turkeys.

 

[Ban seabhag]

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Great Paula JA! I'm glad you can do it!

Home grown turkeys are the best anyway....

 

[EHaus]

Sorry to hear about you hen, Paula, but glad that there's good news of new turkeys.

And congratulations on your babies, Pandora!

I've been so busy with non-chicken-related stuff around here.... I didn't get any eggs yesterday, but I did find a smooshed up eggshell with nothing in it on the coop floor yesterday morning. Now I'm extra vigilant about popping out there and checking. I don't want to harbor any egg-eaters! I may need to adjust the timer on the light in there. With the time change, it's now set at 4am to 8pm.

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

SO, we might have a lead on what is killing my hens!!
We got 2 round bales of old hay from a friend for deep litter this winter.
Ummm, its a bit moldy

I am cleaning out today, putting down leaves that we saved, and Steve is stopping at Popperts to get wood shavings.

The turkeys came from Miss Deb

They are 4 months old already, and one is big enough for Thanksgiving!
The other two, we will keep for breeding purposes.

 

[Alaska animal lover]

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That's great Paula!
I can't wait to eat the turkeys we raised.
I'm a bit nervous about cooking the 30lb. guy...I hope he fits in my pan.

 

[AllAlaskan]

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if you dont mind me asking, do you guys buy the wood shavings or do they give em away to get rid of them?