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# Local farmer shares egg-selent advice
- URL: https://ktna.org/local-farmer-shares-egg-selent-advice/
- Published: 2017-08-03T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2017-08-03T08:00:00.000Z
- Description: by: Katie Writer – KTNA Talkeetna’s Derek MacDonald has a considerable chicken operation that produces forty to fifty dozen of eggs that he distributes weekly to local businesses and residents.
- Author: Phillip Manning
- Tags: Local News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

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by: Katie Writer – KTNA

Talkeetna’s Derek MacDonald has a considerable chicken operation that produces forty to fifty dozen of eggs that he distributes weekly to local businesses and residents.

KTNA’s Katie Writer recently spoke with Mr. MacDonald, who raises chickens for both meat and eggs, about some tips on raising chickens year round in Alaska.