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    Is it time for the artificial lights?

    We are planning on getting solar powered lights. They are only about 20 or 30 dollars and should be able to provide enough light. I don't know if it matters if they are regular incandescent or if they need to be natural light. Somehow i suspect just any light will be enough. when we do install...
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    Is it time for the artificial lights?

    Kind of a long post but looking for advice or insight. Thanks - We have just moved to a new farm and brought our 15 laying pullets and one rooster with us. They seemed to adjust very well to the new, roomier coop and love roaming around the farm. They are all about 7 months old and have been...
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    what type of supplemental light for coop and how long is it on?

    I've also read that it is better to turn a light early in the morning (3 or 4am) rather than having more light at the end of the day by turning a light on around 4pm and off at 8 or 9. The reason i read was that the rapid darkness can be problematic. Naturally light goes away slowly and if they...
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    Early Eggs!

    We just found our first 2 eggs yesterday. Our flock was hatched the first week of March and now a mere 15 weeks later we've got eggs! It was so thrilling to go out there and find them. We put two nest boxes up a week ago and we've been keeping an eye on them. I walked out to the house yesterday...
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    How long until I win over my chicks?

    I worried about this too when we first got our chicks. It took about 6 weeks and they started coming around. We give them treats and after awhile they started eating out of my hand. By 8 weeks they were running to us whenever we go to the coop. They will sometimes jump in our laps as well now. I...
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    Access to outdoor pen 24/7 ?

    Right now we have a hen house (5x6) attached to a (soon to be covered) pen (7x20) and i would like to leave the door open so that the flock has access to the outdoors as soon as the sun comes up and get to stay out until the sun goes down. Right now i don't always get out there early in the...
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    Feather Pecking or Pecking Order?

    I forgot to mention that we are culling about 10 of the chickens as soon as they are eating size so there will only be 10 adult birds in that set up of house and pen.
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    Feather Pecking or Pecking Order?

    We've got a small flock of 20 young birds - only one is a roo. They are about 6 weeks old and stay in a hen house that is 5x6 and have an attached pen that is 7x20. They are in the hen house from sunset to sunrise and have access outdoors all day. I've seen a few intersting things and am not...
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    Worried about cold temperatures

    Thanks for the info. It is now 5am here and we are in the midst of a serious winter storm (north Idaho). We wound up putting a space heater in the coop. They seem to be doing fine. Better than us! Now the power is flickering on and off. I guess this is our first test of being good chicken...
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    Worried about cold temperatures

    Hi everyone - repeat reader, first time poster... (my hubby posts often) We have 20 chicks that are 4 weeks old. We have been working on their coop and were deciding to put them out there with a heat lamp because they are getting big and their brooder is shrinking. After hanging a heat lamp in...
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