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Crisis in the Coop?
I suspect I have an egg-eater in my coop. Lately, my egg production seems to be down from the usual six to about four a day. This alone wasn’t enough to tip me off to a bird with a possible...
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Natal Attraction
Just-hatched chicks Although I have always had a rooster, hatching chicks from my own flock never struck me as a practicable option, largely because my hens rarely go broody (just twice in twelve...
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New Page: Urban Chickens
In response to a lot of questions I receive about whether or not backyard flocks are allowed in the major urban areas of Alaska, I have added a page summarizing zoning regulating the keeping (or not)...
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Spring?
While Roo Paul enjoys being King of the Snow Pile, he thinks it is really time for it to stop snowing in Fairbanks!
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The New Roo on the Block
Gandalf With the ending of the state fair (where he took third – despite his very crooked toes), and his debut as a 4-H exhibit, Mr Roo, Stew’s replacement, Gandalf, arrived. Raised and handled by...
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Getting the Flock Ready for Winter
A clean coop is a good way to start the winter Yup. It has happened again. Summer screamed by, and all of the things I meant to do relative to the flock (relocate the manure pile, enlarge the pen,...
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Survey says….
….99.9999999999% of chickens in Alaska hate winter. Gandalf the Rooster registered his disgust today at approximately 1:30 PM when he burst out of the sealed lower coop door and gave a thoroughly...
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Tumoltuous!
In the past couple of weeks, my chicken house looks like several chickens have spontaneously combusted… it’s a cloud of feathers. But every chicken is, luckily, accounted for. It’s just my...
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Breath of Fresh Air
Airing the hen house on a warm January morning, Fairbanks Thanks to the Lower 48 taking on our Polar Vortex- winter here in Fairbanks has been perfect: mostly warm, with plenty of snow for skiing and...
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What we have here is a failure to innovate!
The thaw has arrived. Or perhaps it is a faux thaw, as often happens. But real or just a tease, the past week’s temperatures have been warm, the snow is melting and the sun is back. As every...
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How long do chickens live?
This is a question that I am frequently asked, and a flippant answer might well be: as long as the flock keeper decides they should live. Many people think that chickens are short-lived, and in our...
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Tis the season for receiving…
…chicken-themed presents. How many amongst us hobbyist flock-keepers have received such gifts for birthdays, holidays or just because? I think it is safe to say that nearly all of us have – from...
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More than just eggs
When someone new to chickens decides to get their own flock, it is usually images of fresh eggs and cozily clucking hens that dance before their eyes, not poop-splattered walls patterned after Jackson...
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An Early Christmas Present
So, what’s the big deal about the eggs in the pic to the left? Why bother to post an image of a nearly-full egg carton of eggs on a blog about layers? Well, because these are eggs from a 10-year old...
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