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Baby It’s (Almost) Cold Outside: Prepping for Winter Weather

10 min · 12. nov. 2025
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episode Baby It’s (Almost) Cold Outside: Prepping for Winter Weather cover

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The weather is cooling off and soon it’s going to be the dark days of winter. Now is the time to prep your coop and your girls, and make your winter keeping a little easier! The Bougie Coop proudly feeds and is sponsored by Eden Feeds: Montana grown, non-GMO ingredients. https://www.edenfeeds.com/ [https://www.edenfeeds.com/] We are edited and made to sound better by Landis Podcast Editing.  https://www.landispodcastediting.com/ [https://www.landispodcastediting.com/]  Thanks, Jared!   Link to odor eating enzymes I use and recommend: Carefree Enzymes Poultry Odor Digester https://www.chewy.com/carefree-enzymes-poultry-coop-odor/ [https://www.chewy.com/carefree-enzymes-poultry-coop-odor/] For those of us who want to nerd out on why wearing a respirator or mask is important when cleaning your coop, here ya go: Bird Fancier’s Lung: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7724370/#:~:text=Acute%2520or%2520subacute%252 [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7724370/#:~:text=Acute%2520or%2520subacute%252] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_fancier%27s_lung [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_fancier%27s_lung] Histoplasmosis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoplasmosis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoplasmosis] Aspergillosis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillosis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillosis]

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Marek’s Disease has become the go-to diagnosis for everything online.  But is it?  Ancient Chickens Shine Light on Ancient Poultry Disease [https://www.discovermagazine.com/ancient-chickens-shine-light-on-evolution-of-major-poultry-disease-45687] Link to the study referenced in the above article [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg2238] (GRAPHIC PHOTO) Photo comparing normal chicken iris to Marek’s infected iris [https://list.cldavis.org/hyperkitty/list/davis_members@list.cldavis.org/message/OXVSBKMUTYRQFD2IHAWYGUJN2IGXPJOF/attachment/4/DTFNewsletterFeb2024.pdf] Pathogen transmission from vaccinated hosts can cause dose-dependent reduction in virulence [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7058279/] Marek’s Disease - Biosecurity Tasmania [https://nre.tas.gov.au/biosecurity-tasmania/animal-biosecurity/animal-health/poultry-and-pigeons/mareks-disease]

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