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    Preparing Your Flock & Coop for WINTER

    We have 15 chickens in Minnesota, each is a different breed. We have an insulated coop and all of them are still healthy in their second winter. Some breeds are holding up better than others in the cold: Our Best for the Cold Red Star - still lays an egg almost every day Rhode Island Red New...
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    Heat Lamps and Red Light

    A quick question about heat lamps. We have some fancy breeds that are not cold tolerant, and when it gets below zero degrees outside they do better when they have a little heat. We also supplement them with a few extra hours of light (a 40 watt bulb) in the winter to keep up egg production...
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    What kind of heater do you all recommend for my coop?

    If we had all cold-weather hardy breeds than we would probably go without heat. Our concern is that our exotic breeds are not listed as cold hardy (Phoenix, Red Cap, Polish) on websites I've looked at. I like the pig blanket idea, we will look into that. If we stick with the light bulbs in a...
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    What kind of heater do you all recommend for my coop?

    We live in Minnesota, and our coop is insulted with 15 chickens in it. We run an extension cord to it in the winter. Last year we used a small portable heater with a fan, but this year we want to use passive heat since the heater kept getting filled up with dust. We don't want to use a heat...
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    giant egg!

    I just had a hen lay a giant egg, and a search led me to this thread. the picture doesn't do it justice, but here it is:
  6. Coop & Run Designed to Maximize Light, Warmth, and Protection

    Coop & Run Designed to Maximize Light, Warmth, and Protection

    We live in Hugo, Minnesota and we face challenges from both weather extremes and predators. Summer temperatures can sometimes make it above 100 degrees (F), and winter temperatures occasionally dip to below -20 degrees. We also have coyotes, fox, possums, raccoons, mink, field rats, hawks and...
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    Show off your Red sex-links!! [[pictures included]] !! (:

    Here is my Red Sex Link hen from Murray McMurray hatchery. She lays extra large brown eggs.
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    Hatchery with the best-looking Crested Polish? (Crested, Tophat, funny hairdos, silly hats)

    Here's a pic of my Murray McMurray Silver Laced Polish hen. A beautiful and friendly bird. She's about 5 months old:
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    Breed Recommendations for a newbie

    It got stuck between the bricks as a chick. We got it out, but it died by the next morning. Something from the whole ordeal probably injured it and it could not recover. It was a shame, it probably would have been a good looking bird.
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    Breed Recommendations for a newbie

    We ordered 16 birds, each a different breed, from Murray McMurray Hatchery. We love the mix of different looks and personalities. Right now they are about 5 months old and almost all are laying eggs. Although one bird probably doesn't accurately represent the breed, here is a summary of our...
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    Murray McMurray sexing accuracy?

    In April we received 15 female chicks plus a free "bonus exotic chick" from Murray McMurray Hatchery. Every one of our females is a different breed (mostly layers, a few fancies). We are new to chickens and wanted to have fun with the variety. They turned out to be 100% accurate on the sexing...
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    Glw Hen or rooster?

    The first pic is of my GLW rooster at 16 weeks old. He was the "free exotic chick" that came with my order from Murray McMurray hatchery. He was crowing by the time he was 18 weeks old, so you may know the answer to your question soon! And here is a pic of him at 15 weeks old:
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