http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/ Bantam Chickens Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:21:24 GMT Jodi Lytle http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/869 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/869 Ok here we go again. i lost the guys email that has them and am going nuts tryin to find some birds for my hubby's flock. please if you know anyone who has Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:30:36 GMT Donna Carkin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/868 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/868 Good idea -- I forgot all about those being available. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:31:10 GMT Tara http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/867 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/867 Try layer crumbles instead of layer pelets. _____ From: bantamchickens@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bantamchickens@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Carkin Sent: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:11 GMT Donna Carkin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/866 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/866 Hi all, I'm new to this group and fairly new to bantams. I live in central MA. I have a flock of Cuckoo Marans, Black SexLinks and Orpington egg layers. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:34:29 GMT lafleche49 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/865 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/865 Hi Mark, I had book marked the free book from one of the anti NAIS sites. The author is a PHd and wasn't interested in reaping any profits from the sale of the Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:15:24 GMT MarkM http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/864 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/864 Dean, Your e-mail was a very good read, but I just saw the topic and started to read without seeing who it was from. Part way through I thought, "wow, this is Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:08:26 GMT MarkM http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/863 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/863 Dreaming, I have been swamped due to work and travel and then chickens. It also looks like some of the other experts must be swamped too. I personally do not Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:22:26 GMT lafleche49 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/862 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/862 Hi All, This book has been on the internet for quite some time and I thought some of the material in this book could be helpful in understanding a lot of Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:14:40 GMT celestialdreaming http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/861 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/861 well, winter seems to be coming early in PA! temps are getting into the 30s at night. Our young chickens are still roosting on top of the fence. It worries Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:31:36 GMT jimahall http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/860 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/860 FOR SALE: Wheat Straw available SE Arkansas Jim's Farm Stand has 2009 wheat straw, $5.50 bale, picked up in Monticello, Arkansas. We can deliver anywhere for Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:27:24 GMT pacollys http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/859 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/859 Hi Fellowlisters, This is *not* me. Myself and my chickens are fine. I am not related to anyone in all of this. I lifted this from a small 5 member list. It Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:59:41 GMT MarkM http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/858 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/858 Wow, you really do a lot to keep the cold out, but I guess you have to way up there. In my new coop that has 8 5X14 pens, I will close up the inside part Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:36:29 GMT molbaygun2001 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/857 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/857 oh yeah - and one more thing. I will cover the run with plastic sheeting or a tarp if the snow is heavy and the wind is bad. It is a covered run so I just Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:33:18 GMT molbaygun2001 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/856 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/856 We've been through 2 Connecticut winters with our girls (and 2 guys). We've had temps as low as -5 F. We have 2 coops - one is 12 X 8 and the other is 4 X 5. Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:08:12 GMT MarkM http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/855 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/855 You might do something to the run too. What has worked for me (even though North Carolina is not as cold as lots of places) is to cover 2 or 3 sides of their