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    How much run for renewable grass.

    I'm thinking of increasing my flock quite a lot. Right now i use a 12 x 12 coop inside the barn and a 8 x 12 run out side for 28 Birds. Their happy and no problem. I live in an Urban area were running loose wouldn't work. Neighbors all have gardens. LOL! Trouble with the 8 x 10 is I have to cut...
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    Hens.

    My hens are around 2 - 2.5 years old. Still producing well. But our extra large eggs aren't often any more. In fact half of them are extra small. I know production drops in hens. But size of their eggs? Haven't seen this before. Changed them from Granulated feed first of the summer, And added 5...
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    Chicken pen for Cornish broilers.

    Soon to order some Cornish broilers. So decided to build a small pen to raise 100 birds. Well see commercial specks at .6 sq. ft. Dont sound good to me. So ended up with an in the barn pen of 48" high 12 foot wide and 20 foot long. Or 240 sq. ft. Not sure how many i can raise in there. I...
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    Isolation.

    Building my coup and a large run. Figuring on building a small coup and run in side the bigger ones. Some where to isolate laying or injured birds from rest of flock. Also maybe for isolation of new birds. Question is would that be to close to the others. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2
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    How much room in a brooder?

    Thinking like 25 or so peeps? Any sq.ft. estimates?
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    Well

    Right now plan looks like 25 layers to start out. Maybe 10 Cornish x too. Not sure to start all at once or break down in smaller groups. What sq ft box would I need for a brooder. And if done out in the garage or barn what would be the lowest temps safe. Right now our temps are running in teens...
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    incabation

    Ok i'll bite what in the world is a lock down period?
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