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    Molting help

    hey what do you do when a chicken starts going through molting? ive never dealt with it. anything extra they need? heeeelp! tahnk you! its an ameracauna, on all organic food. freerange (in a run) thanks!
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    Chicken wire

    get 1/4 inch wire. racoons will pull them out peice by peice through chicken wire and stuff bigger.
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    Costco brighton lifetime 8X10 shed converted to a coop maybe?

    http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11308581&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|50126|49273&N=4035253&Mo=33&No=1&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=49273&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&topnav= Check this out you guys. would this work as a coop (obviously some adjustments would be...
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    Automatic chicken door

    Hi, i need advice on an automatic chicken door. After about a year I'm plum sick of gettng up early and opening the chicken door and closing it at night. What and how can I get or make a cheaply priced chicken door? any ideas? thanks!
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    Guess what my suprise chick is from McMurray....................

    Looks like an EE to me
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    I just set 42 TJs Fertile Eggs! >>>>>Final Count 32!!!!

    you can put eggs from the grocery store in an incubator and chicks really come out? I had no idea!
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    Is feeding oatmeal to chickens ok???

    I make steel cut oats for myself every morning and feed half to the ladies! I mix in some milk in there for them too. they go nutz for it!
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    Leg bands help please!

    Can they be a bit loose? not fitting..a bit loose..where it can move?
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    Leg bands help please!

    can those things hurt them or "cut off" circulation? How tight?
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    Leg bands help please!

    Hi everyone! I was wondering what other household things you can use besides buying leg bands for the chickens. I need to tell a few apart but the feed store is out of legbands. I dont want to unintentially use something that will hurt them. thought you guys would have some ideas! thanks!
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    Winter egg laying

    I have three chickens and get 2-3 a day as well!
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    red warming light

    so..should I use a NON red light to warm the air? Will they be able to sleep?
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    red warming light

    but..the thermometer in the coop says 10 degrees..and that is when I check before I go to bed. It could get WAY colder when Im sleeping. is it still 70 degrees 18 inches away? The coop is small so i cant imagine the thermometer to be more than 18 inches away
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    red warming light

    but im wondering if that is too hot in that small of a coop...wil it burn stuff
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    red warming light

    ok guys...i have a 3X4X4 coop for three chickens...then they have a run. I have a 100 watt red flood light in there...and it doesnt seem to be doing hardly anything. I dont have insulation or anything. would a 250 watt be TOO hot?
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