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    Heat and chickens

    I do think my chickens struggle when it’s hot but… People often say don’t heat your coop in the winter. The chickens will acclimate. I think that’s true. I think the reverse is also mostly true? Unless you live in a super hot place where the temps get well above 90F, I think following the...
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Afternoon siesta!
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    Hello! Moving to Plainfield, IL and excited to be able to keep chickens!

    Welcome, I’m from Rockford. There’s an Illinois thread here somewhere.
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    How well do your electric fences work?

    I have a pretty normal livestock setup that is also effective for chickens. Alternating hot / ground wires (I think 3” apart, would have to check). Zareba charger. With small chickens, we’ve had some escapees in the past but they either learn or grow quickly enough that they eventually see it...
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    How to move our cockerel

    I’d keep him in a cage, separated from the hens for a week or so. Even if the hens didn’t attack him, it would be a good idea to keep him in there for a while so he won’t run away.
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    Barred Plymouth Rock hen or roo

    I would agree with you, they are roosters. I have 6, six month old barred plymouth rock roosters and 32 hens. At least so far, I haven’t seen any real fights. They started hitting maturity around two-three weeks ago.
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    Insomniacs unite!

    Not to derail the thread but what is too hot for chickens? We got our first chickens last year and we didn’t have a proper enclosed chicken coop until winter.
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    Insomniacs unite!

    Anyone tried a diet change to fix sleeping problems? I’ve had problems falling asleep for about a year. Just over a year ago I started sleeping normally again. I’ve got Crohn’s disease and a couple years ago I went low carb. At the same time, I basically went vegetarian, with very little meat...
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    Does Anyone Date Stamp Their Eggs?

    We use paper egg cartons and write the date on the side.
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    what brand and kind of incubator is best?

    For that maticoopx, I wouldn’t say it’s difficult to close, you just have to align it properly when closing. I think it was more of a user issue, although some sensor would have been nice to detect broken seal and alert somehow. Overall I think a lot of it depends how many eggs you’re planning...
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    what brand and kind of incubator is best?

    I bought a maticoopx 30-egg incubator on Amazon. Looks like it’s as well rated as the kebonnix. Sounds kind of the same, maybe the same manufacturer? I had 27 eggs of which 21 hatched back in January. The lid didn’t quite close right one night, which I think affected the hatch rate (there’s a...
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    Dog thread!🐾

    Tessa, our Anatolian chicken coop guardian, was at a dog show this weekend in Marietta, OH. She did good!
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    Faulty Hens or Faulty Chicken Boxes?

    I forgot to mention… They also free range for at least 4 hours a day, so grass and grub that they find.
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    Faulty Hens or Faulty Chicken Boxes?

    Just about anything. I’d say 60% home left overs (I’ve got a couple sources), the rest is a mixture of corn, oats and chicken feed. I supplement them with ground up egg shells pretty much every meal (unless I forget). The egg shells they lay is pretty much what they get back. Yes! Here’s also...
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    Faulty Hens or Faulty Chicken Boxes?

    Hi Everyone, I have two three-hole chicken nest boxes that were purchased on Amazon. Chinese design, not branded, plenty of copy cats of it. The problem that I have with it is the depth of the collection box. It’s slanted, no problems with eggs rolling down. Plenty of times I’ve seen chickens...
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