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    REALLY cold weather

    I live in Ohio and we are around 30 degrees now but are supposed to drop down to below zero the next couple days with 6-8 inches of snow so not as cold as some of the other folks on here. I was also worried about my 5 Red Stars so I asked my granddad about it and he told me he's never seen a...
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    LETTING THE GIRLS OUT

    I have 5 reds that are almost 1 year old and they are all very healthy. My question is about letting them out in the yard. I live in a little neighborhood on a corner lot and my yard is enclosed with a 6 ft privacy fence. Right now they have a decent size run of 10x20 but I would like to let...
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    Dilemma - Get up crack dawn or leave coop door open overnight?

    I live in Ohio and the high temp here the past few days has been in the mid teens (Fahrenheit). I've been leaving my coop door open for the past 6-8 months and all is well, no curtain or anything. They all seem happy happy happy.
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    noise made by Hen!!!

    All of mine make the same noise but just when they're laying. They're kinda letting the world know what they did.
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    odd behavior and egg

    I have 5 reds that are roughly 20 weeks old and about 3 weeks ago I started getting 2-3 eggs a day. Now today I got 5 but I noticed 1 had a large amount of bloom on it and one of my girls was acting different, kinda standing in one spot and not as "spunky" as the rest of them. I refilled their...
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    purina layena?

    For the past few weeks I've been feeding my girls a all natural grower made by Hubbard Feeds. Within the past 3 days they have started laying their very first eggs. I would like to continue feeding them with Hubbard's Layer Feed but the closest supplier is 45 minutes away. So the question is,I'm...
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    Best Bedding To Be Used With Baby Chicks????

    Pine shaving are fine in my opinion,I used them in the brooder and now in the coop. From what Ive heard the cedar shavings do or can cause breathing problems for your little ones so I wouldnt recommend useing the cedar.
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    Can I put my chicks out during the day?

    When it comes to the temp in the mid to high 30's I dont see any reason why they couldn't handle it. My chicks where born around the same time and they have been outside permanantly for the past 3 weeks. During those 3 weeks here in Ohio we've seen some crazy weather, with the lowest of around...
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    Whats the best "natural" chicken feed?

    I've been doing some research on chicken feeds and I've narrowed my options down to 3 brands of feed. My question is, with wanting to keep my whole chicken/egg thing closest to organic as possible what "natural" feeds do you folks recommend and why? My top 3 brands to choose from are...
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    Can I put my chicks out during the day?

    i dont have silkies but when my chicks was under lamp i kept the lamp about 20 inches above them and had no problems. hope all goes well for you
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    Can I put my chicks out during the day?

    I put mine outside in their coop at about 6 weeks old and the temps dropped down in the high 30's low 40's and they did just fine. When it comes to flying or hopping over the privacy fence, Im not sure, mine havent tried to do anything like that but I know to keep them from flying you clip one...
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    Can I put my chicks out during the day?

    I live in Ohio as well,just a little west of Dayton and my chicks are roughly the same age and they are permanantly out side and have been for about a week and a half. Its been down in the 30's and i check on them before i went to work and they are perfectly fine. I personally dont htink youll...
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    Pesky Neighbors Just Took Picture Of Our Chickens.....

    Just start taking pictures of them and come up with crazy excuses as to why your doing it.When or if they ask what your doing just give them a warning look yourself turn around and go back in the house, leave them wondering.
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    Almost done with chick starter,now what?

    So do I need to gradually ween them off the chick starter and into the all flock type feed, or is it ok just to go straight to it?
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    Almost done with chick starter,now what?

    As the title says my mini flock of five red sex links are roughly 6 weeks old and they are on their last bag of chick starter. The problem Im having is Im not sure what to give them next.Growing up my grandfather would always feed cracked corn to the few we had.Ive seen all different kinds of...
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