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    brooder too cool?

    thank you! Thats what I was thinking and hoping...
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    brooder too cool?

    I can NOT seem to get my brooder past 85 degrees... I've had chicks before, but always used the heat lamp. Wanted to try something gentler on them. I get my chicks tomorrow. Do you think 85 will be fine for them?
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    Topic of the Week - Coop Bedding and Waste Management; Deep Litter Method etc.

    I use sand for my coop floor. Under the sand is concrete, but I ABSOLUTELY Love the sand.. every morning, I use a cat litter scoop and scoop out the poop.. no more smell either. It does not get too cold or damp and with all the poop gone, no chance for ammonia to build up.
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    Canadian Ontario Hatchery?

    Down by Windsor.. in Essex. I won't be able to add to my flock until spring. I would need to build a separate "smaller" coop area to keep them separated. I was hoping to get a few eggs for spring, I have one broody hen that is just dying to be a mom..lol and no roosters. If you are close...
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    Canadian Ontario Hatchery?

    Down by Windsor.. in Essex. I won't be able to add to my flock until spring. I would need to build a separate "smaller" coop area to keep them separated. I was hoping to get a few eggs for spring, I have one broody hen that is just dying to be a mom..lol and no roosters. If you are close...
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    Canadian Ontario Hatchery?

    I'm in Ontario also... and I've been wondering where to get more of a Variety of bird.. Chickens are addictive!
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    Winter is here!

    Just finished putting the tarps on the run on Saturday, and got hit with a snowstorm Saturday night..Here is southern Ontario, Canada, we don't normally get this much snow so soon. The girls appreciated the dry area today! Our coop is 8x12' and the run is 12x20...
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    Should I break a broody hen?

    I have an 7month old RIRxCol hen who has become broody.. I tried today to remove her from the nest box and put her with the rest of the flock (that were getting treats) and she turned and ran right back to the coop. It will be winter here in Southern Ontario soon, so I can not get her a few...
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    How do I keep my coop clean?

    I used sand in mine..and I used a kitty litter scoop every few days to pick it up and compost. I love it and my coop is always clean. You don't need any "play" sand,.,, just the regular stuff from a landscape place. Good luck!
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    Male/Female BR

    I have found a home for the barred rock cockeral... he took two hens with him! I couldn't stand the thought of him being alone.
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    First EGG!!

    Got another one today... out of 16 birds, seems like just one is laying so far.. and she's laying in the eggs in the nesting boxes-Bonus!
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    First EGG!!

    WOW...so exciting today to find our first egg... !
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    Male/Female BR

    ****.... surely didn't want that answer, but that is what I suspected! He is much more aggressive with me so far too.. I move them to an outdoor pen every day, and at night bring them back to the coop.. he puts up such a fuss!
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    Male/Female BR

    Just wondering if anyone knows.. the bird in the first two pics has a much larger comb then the bird in the second two pics.. I got my chicks at the same time and they are now about 4 weeks. Why is the comb on JUST ONE much larger than the combs on the rest? Also, this one bird is lighter..
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    sick /injured 3 week old chick

    brought her to the vet this morning, and had her euthanized.. seems that she may have damaged some nerves as it affected her wing too..
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