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    Improving the coop- adding brooder and grow out pen. Opinions?

    I too am in the same boat, looking for opinions for the most practical coop layouts. I have lots of barn space as well, and at first I built my pen, 16' x 12' with 2 large community nesting boxes... 5' x 2' each. I'm now at the point where I need to expand, or actually just include more in the...
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    Best place to purchase an incubator > IN CANADA?

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    Interior design of my coop

    I've had these girls for just 10 days, I'm keeping track of egg production, and changes, and I've watched the number of eggs from from 10 and 11 on the first 2 days to and average of 7 eggs for the remainer, as high as 8, but as low as 5. When I first brought them home, I had enclosed them in...
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    Interior design of my coop

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    Best place to purchase an incubator > IN CANADA?

    Hi, looking for the best please to purchase an incubator from, I'm in Canada, and would like not to have to have it shipped from the USA... I was just at a TSC in MI, and they had incubators on sale... kicking myself I didnt buy one there... Anyways... I'm home now, and now looking to buy...
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    Interior design of my coop

    Hi, Im new to BYC and chickens in general. I spent a few weeks on these forums reading posts, looking at lots of great pictures of coops... Unlike most, I live on a farm, and have ALOT of barn space, that up until I built my coop was just sitting empty. Most of the pictures I've seen for coop...
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    Does anyone use the nipple water drinkers?

    Question about these horizontal watering nipples on ebay.... I don't find anything when I search specifically for horizontal ones, but many that read 360' watering nipples, can I assume this 360 degree ones are essentially the same as horizontal ones?, if not maybe send me a link from ones you...
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    Lighting help

    New to chickens here.. Just built my first pen inside one of our barns, as of right now the birds don't have much access to natural light, windows on the other side of barn.ive put a fixture in their coop with a 13 watt cf bulb, on a timer to give then 15 hours of light, is this sufficient...
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    What to use to clean feeder and waterer?

    Thanks for the comments so far! and yes, when my chicks get larger, I plan to build a new room, I've read that I should have 4 sq feet for adults inside, and 10 sq feet outside.... per bird. Thankfully we do have lots of barn space, it's just putting up a wall.... and cutting a hole to the...
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    What to use to clean feeder and waterer?

    Hi, Im raising chicken for the first time, I started by getting 14 year old laying hens, and am planning to order another 40 chicks? of a dual purpose breed, after doing alot of reading im thinking of getting Buff Orpingtons. My question involves the sanitation of waterers and feeders, I've read...
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