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    Auto Coop Door options

    Well, I guess this has happened a bunch then.
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    Auto Coop Door options

    Does anyone make a auto door that opens and closes several times until the chicks setting under the door decide to move. I have to go outside and get them in so I can manually close the door which kind of kills the auto door idea which I'm getting tired of doing. Any ideas? The door I have now...
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    Chickens Confused or Me?

    Tonight I had 3 inside the coop and 3 outside the coop. If I keep food away from them I can get all inside but there's no way I could crawl inside the coop to get them. Hopefully they will figure it out soon.
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    Chickens Confused or Me?

    Would you put feed/water/grit in there with them or let them wait until next day to get to food, etc.?
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    Chickens Confused or Me?

    I have 6 Buff Orbingtons that are 5 weeks old. I moved them from a brooder to their coop but left it inside my garage due to cold weather. I have lights on a timer in the garage to match outside sunrise/sunset. They go in and out of the coop using the ramp a lot during the day but at night I...
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    Heat or Not

    10-4 on lamp. Would you raise the brooder plate or lower the temp?
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    Heat or Not

    My Buff Orpington babies are 7 days old now. I've used a brooder plate and a heat lamp. They are in my garage which is insulated but Kentucky always surprises me. I've had the brooder plate on the middle setting with the top at an angle. I've been turning off the heat lamp when it gets up around...
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    Newbie in Ky

    Hello everyone, I'm starting out with 6 "Buffs" as of yesterday. Learning as much as I can.
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