Successful Overwintering and Breeding at 68 Degrees North in Inuvik, NWT!
Hen and her chicks -Photo by Les KutnyLes Kutny, from Inuvik, overwinters and breeds his own chickens and rabbits. He also sells eggs year round from the gate as well as from the Inuvik Community Greenhouse in the summer.
Inuvik is 200 km North of the Arctic Circle!
A small chick keeping warm – Photo by Les Kutny
In addition to keeping farm animals and producing eggs, Les Kutny grows a variety of vegetables including kale, spinach, Swiss chard, peas, carrots, beets, kohlrabi, lettuce & potatoes as well as rhubarb, black currants, raspberries & Saskatoon berries – which are sold, in season, at the gate and through the Inuvik Community Greenhouse.
Rabbits enjoying fresh vegetables – Photo by Les Kutny