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    Winter egg laying and artificial lighting.

    thanks for your post makes sense will have to figure out a way to close up 4th side some. their roosts are half metal conduit and half pvc pipe. they seemed to prefer the conduit initially but have discovered the larger pvc ones now .I had put them in hoping that during winter they would...
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    Winter egg laying and artificial lighting.

    been reading posts re lighting. I bought a couple of red heat lamps to use this year because it got below 10 degrees last year and we had some frost bitten toes and combs. not to serious but enough to notice. After reading several post re lighting I am wondering if I should not use lamps at all...
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    Red Star Production Question

    How much should I add to their water? IE 500 mg vitamin d, no clue how potassium would be measured. Maybe tractor supply may have some info. Thanks for the idea!!
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    Red Star Production Question

    We have 4 girls that are about 2 yrs old. They have been quite productive every since they started laying. Usually 3-4 every day. We move them to fresh greens as needed and maintain a constant supply of Dumore laying hen pellets supplemented with oyster shell and small amount of table scraps...
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