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    Longtail croosing

    This is a standard Silver Phoenix / Standard Black Sumatra Cross. He has multiple spurs from the Sumatra and his tail drags the ground like the Phoenix. He is 11 months old in these photos. I had 3 White Orpington hens that got loose in the pasture and he has claimed them as his harem. With him...
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    Incubator vs Broody - Results

    I have 3 pairs of hens. I have 3 cages. When they start sitting, I put golf balls under them until I can gather up the eggs I want to hatch. I put about 8 eggs under each hen. When the babies hatch, they know the cluck of both hens that were in the cage together. So the 2 hens take care of the...
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    How to get hens to lay in cold weather

    Thank you I have heated water for them. They have a Little barn shaped roosting house, in need of repair. it is 8x8. it is about to be turned over to 8 ducks. So I am going to build a proper coop on the south side of my horse barn. I wanted to know how to get them to lay all winter so I could...
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    How to get hens to lay in cold weather

    Is the secret heat or light? Do I place a heater in the roost area? Or do I need to cover the whole coop in plastic and keep it all warm for the winter? Or supply a warmed area immedietly around the roost box that is heated but not heat the whole 36x24 fenced area? Or do I need to add a light...
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