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    Heat lamp or brooder plate or cozy coop

    The coop will be too far from the house to run electricity to, but I do hope to have batteries to run a heated waterer in the winter and that I'll charge them in the house and switch them out for a charged one as needed. I've been doing tons of research and looking at different plans and...
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    Heat lamp or brooder plate or cozy coop

    Thanks for that reassurance! I do think they look cozy!
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    Heat lamp or brooder plate or cozy coop

    I'm sure this has come up a lot and I've been perusing older threads. But when my in-laws asked me what I wanted for my birthday I said 'anything for chickens' and they were amazing went all out (I don't have chickens yet, but am planning on getting some within the year). They got a me brand new...
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    Hello from the Near North area in Ontario

    Thanks! I'm thinking maybe some Ameraucanas and Olive Eggers. I found a small hatchery that sells a mixture of different coloured hatching eggs/breeds which is very tempting. Black Copper Marans also interest me a lot!
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    Hello from the Near North area in Ontario

    Hello all :) I'm not completely new to chickens, we had them when I was a tween & teen on my family's little hobby farm. We had layers and meat birds. But I haven't had any chickens in my adult life, we're planning on adding chickens next year so I'm in research mode now. I'm looking at doing a...
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