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    chicken math and coop

    I have 7 chicks at 2 months old and 10 new chicks. My coop can hold 12 roosting adult chickens, will all the chicks be fine for a few months since they will be smaller? I plan on adding an addition to the back but it won't happen right away. They will have daily access to a covered large run...
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    Humidity in Winter

    Will that fan be safe with all the dust from the chickens? Where would I buy such a fan?!
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    Humidity in Winter

    I am in WI and it's middle of winter. A budding 5 degrees withe -20 degree winds today. Not sure on the outside humidity, guess I assumed it was not very high due to the cold. I will have to test that, good idea
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    Humidity in Winter

    Thank you for the suggestions. Our windows are glass windows and right now they stay shut in winter and have plastic over them on the outside to keep cold air drafts out so no drafts are on the chickens. The heat lamp has not been used this year, it was just clipped there during the summer when...
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    Humidity in Winter

    I am struggling with humidity in my coop. We had problems last year, our first year with a big coop and more chickens. Its an old coop that came with our property. I sealed up cracks and added ventilation at the top but i cannot get the humidity below 70%. It's driving me crazy! What can I do...
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    Processing

    Thank you for the reply! How long does it take you to do each bird? Say it took us mayne 1 to 1 1/2 hours from first culling to get into the ice bath is that ok (just our first one)? Just want to make sure meat won't be bad (sprayed it down with cold water once in awhile while when gutting it...
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    Processing

    We processed 2 turkeys yesterday, first time. What is the time frame for everything supposed to be as far as bleeding them out, time till scalding, plucking, time from first culling till should be gutted, how fast need to get into ice bath? Then is it ok to keep the birds just in ice in a cooler...
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