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    Lots of questions

    I am doing Cornish crosses. We have a certain processor that a local food bank has approved of. All of our birds from our fair that are not picked up from the auction are then donated there after going to this specific processor. Our yard is one giant hill, except or where we have our one coop...
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    Lots of questions

    Last year after our 4-H Fair I convinced my parents to let me take home to meat chicks, which eventually turned into a coop and 4 layers in our yard. I will be showing these 4 hens along with a pen of meat chickens at fair this year. I am hatching these chicks myself actually. At my high school...
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    Lots of questions

    It gets cold here, not horribly cold, but some nights are below freezing. We did install a heat lamp in there and have only had it on when its unbearably cold. Should we be providing supplimental light?
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    Lots of questions

    We just ran out of starter today. Should we just get a smaller bag of starter or do another whole month or so of starter
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    Lots of questions

    We have now had our little flock for a little less than 4 months. We got them at around a week old. They were just general hatchery chicks that were hatched in inner city schools by the extension and then were up for grabs for 4-H familys. We unfortunately lost one chick, but out of the 5 we for...
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