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    I need HELP!! please

    Well it looks like I'll be building alit bigger of a coop now.. My original plan of having 6 or 7 chickens has now turned into me having a brooder full of 29 chicks and 2 ducklings... I just don't know what happened... Haha
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    sexing silver laced Wyandotte chicks??

    Yeah that's what I figured. I put them in with my older wellie chicks and seem to get along just fine. Is there any special care that the dottes require??
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    chick and duckling brooder issues

    Thank you. And I only have 1 heat lamp at the moment but my ducks don't seem to like the heat from it. I never see them get anywhere near it like the chicks do. Is there another way to heat the ducklings? What temp should they be at? Even in the brooder with chicks it rarely gets over 80...
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    sexing silver laced Wyandotte chicks??

    I just aquired 15 Slw chicks and was wondering how easy they are to sex.. THey have similar markings as my wellies which are pretty much auto sexing. Is that the same for Wyandottes??
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    chick and duckling brooder issues

    I have 30 chicks and 2 ducks in my brooder and the 2 ducks destroy it. So I'm trying to figure out where to put ducks. What is cheapest and easiest bedding I can use for the ducklings? And what can I use for feeder and waterer for ducks that would just be laying around my house? I won't be able...
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    I need HELP!! please

    I've been looking at allot of diy feeders and found some pretty interesting ones out of PVC
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    I need HELP!! please

    Oh yeah and if they have open access to run and coop all the time where is the best location for feeder and waterer??
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    I need HELP!! please

    Thanks for your help and I've been gathering materials from pretty much anywhere I can find them. Im in north Georgia so I think they'll be comfortable in our weather. Never real hot and not to much extreme cold weather either
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    I need HELP!! please

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    I need HELP!! please

    I would put a roost maybe 6" or so out from the nest boxes so hens can get on roost when they want and get into boxes easier
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    I need HELP!! please

    Are your additional nest boxes going to be dirt floor or will they be elevated??
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    I need HELP!! please

    They have a covered 10'x20' run to be in whenever they want and will have open access to coop day and night. Would it be enough room for them I only have a 3'x 8' footprint for the coop to be on but height doesn't matter so I was thinking of making one just a little off the ground and 40" high...
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    I need HELP!! please

    Laying hens more than likely welsummers
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    I need HELP!! please

    One more question.. Can I have a coop on top of another coop?? Like have one a few inches off the ground and then build another one on top of it? I just have very little floor space to work with...
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    how many birds will fit???

    If I build a 6' x 3' x 4' tall coop how many chickens could it hold at the most?? Only time they will be in it is at night sleeping.
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