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    Transitioning the chicks to the outside enviornment - Your thoughts?

    I have four 5 1/2 week old chicks and two 3 1/2 week old chicks that I just moved from the brooder to the coop. I am in the Portland, OR area and temps have been pretty warm lately: about 70-80 for high temp and about 55 at night. I mounted a red heat lamp that will be on a timer to turn on...
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    Moving chicks of different ages from brooder to coop

    I have 6 chicks. Four of them are 5 weeks old (2 White Rocks, 2 Red Sexlinks), fully feathered and will be ready to move to the coop soon, and two 3 week old (Ameracauna) chicks, which of course will need to stay in the brooder a little longer. So far, everyone is getting along famously. Never...
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