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    Chickens Sleeping Outside at Night

    Thank you for your input! <3
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    Chickens Sleeping Outside at Night

    We live in SW Arizona. Their run provides plenty of shade. I give them a fan during the day in the summer and had a heat lamp during the winter.
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    Ended 2022 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

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    Ended Official BYC Spring Contest Series—Spring on the Farm—Other Fowl Photo Contest

    One of my sweet little honeys
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    Chickens Sleeping Outside at Night

    Thank you! I've never trained them to go in their coop at night, I've just always let them sleep outside on the roost. Do I need to train them?
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    Chickens Sleeping Outside at Night

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    Sleeping Outside/Inside Coop

    Hi there! I am also in Arizona (Yuma) and have chickens that don't sleep in their coop.. They sleep just fine on a roost in the run. My yard is pretty secure. How did you handle the mess from straw/dirt/pine shavings with the misters?
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    Chickens Sleeping Outside at Night

    I'm a new chicken mom. My chickens sleep outside of their coop, in the secure run, on a roost. They've never shown any interest in going inside at night...?
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    Hello! Quail mom, new to chickens :)

    I live in SW Arizona. Have had coturnix for about a year now, and just recently acquired 4 chickens. 3 of them turned out to be roosters, but I am lucky that I got my chickens from my boss, who has agreed to swap the roosters for hens. In addition to the 6 quail and 4 chickens, he also...
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    New Chicken and Quail mom 👋🏻

    Hi Miss Peep! I am in southern az too! I have had coturnix for about a year, and just got my first 4 chickens a few weeks ago. How do you keep your birds cool during the 100* weather months?
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