http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/ Bantam Chickens 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 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:34:58 GMT lafleche49 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/854 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/854 Hi Dawn, I assume that it freezes water there in the winter and that you have ocassionally strong winter winds. It sounds as if your building is not insulated Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:03:05 GMT gothchickenlady http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/853 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/853 This will be my first winter with bantams. I have them in a converted Emu shed which has the front covered about 3 ft up with wood and the rest of the front is Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:35:04 GMT MarkM http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/852 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/852 Reb, I have heard, once an egg eater, always an egg eater. I have slowed them down with golf balls and ceramic eggs so that they think twice before the peck Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:57:00 GMT rebgal2u http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/851 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/851 You know I was beginning to wonder myself if the chickens were laying and then eating their own eggs. How common is this, and does it only happen during the Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:52:25 GMT MarkM http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/850 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/850 Reb, Mine have slowed down too, but one small coop had almost nothing ever. Then I went to check on them one night and shined the flashlight in there and Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:33:10 GMT rebgal2u http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/849 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/849 Thanks for the info Dean. I was beginning to wonder if my girls were getting ready to kick the bucket or something equally worse. I have always kept their home Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:21:20 GMT lafleche49 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/848 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bantamchickens/message/848 Hi David, I also live in Missouri and probably don't live all that far from you. I used to raise all kinds and colors of Araucanas.You need to save back a few