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    Just got our Buffs- brooder size/heat lamp question

    Thanks everyone for your help. Because they are inside we changed the 250 watt heat bulb for a 100 watt halogen bulb and the temp is 90 degrees now under the lamp and probably a little cooler at the other end. Prayerfully this will keep them warm enough.
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    Just got our Buffs- brooder size/heat lamp question

    What size container would be needed?
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    Just got our Buffs- brooder size/heat lamp question

    Thank you Susan. I moved the lamp so hopefully this will work. I wasn't sure it if had to cover the entire bottom of the tub or just half of it. Now it is only shining on half of it but still 80 degrees so hopefully we will be ok.
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    Just got our Buffs- brooder size/heat lamp question

    We just brought home our 10 Buff Orpington chicks today. I am assuming they are only a few days old- we bought them at a local feed store. My brooder, for now, is a large Rubbermaid tub and I bought one of those 250 watt heat lamps because I had intended on keeping the brooder in our garage. The...
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    Brooding Chicks in my garage

    Hi everyone- I haven't posted in a while. (since we inherited 3 grown hens in August!) Things are going so well with our 3 girls that we are going to get 8 Buff Orpington chicks in a few weeks. We are in Maryland and the weather here is usually beginning to warm up- nights may dip into the 30's...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    This is our first egg! We brought our three "girls" home on Monday night and Tuesday late afternoon we found this egg. We have only gotten one more since Monday. (and 1 broken half egg) Hopefully they will get more comfortable in their new home and we will see more!
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    Large lump on chicken's breast

    So thankful for this thread. We just got 3 hens this week, they are already laying, but we just noticed today that they had lumps on their chests like this. My daughter thought they had an egg stuck in their chest!
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    New member with questions

    We were given 3 chickens this past Monday. We are still trying to learn what to do. Is it better to leave a feeder in the run full with food or just feed them a certain amount twice a day? Also- they were good layers for the family that gave them to us. We got 1 egg the first day, nothing the...
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