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(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I have had chickens about 7 years (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 13 hens (3) What breeds do you have? Sussex, buffs, and americannas (4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? searched the web I think or...

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My brooder has a ceiling of about 14 inches. And a heat lamp in that ceiling. I have a thermostat that shuts the heat lamp off when it reaches 90°. The problem is that directly under the lamp is 105° . But the thermostat about 6 inches away doesn't register that 105° temp. Will the rest of the...

We had 2 hens, Lucy and Eloise. We had them a year and they seemed great but were not keeping up with the egg demand of my family. So we purchased 5 more, 3 layers and 2 pullets. We put them in the same pen but separated. after a week we took down the separator. they were fine aside from a few...