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    humidity

    No link on nipples. The girls are over a year old..Can they learn new trucks..lol...like will they harm themselves trying to reach rafters and hit a ceiling???
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    humidity

    I have 5 ladies...the eves are open across on either side 10' and a large triangle opening on one side 12'area. I clean coop regularly..removing old straw..adding fresh...water is inside..heated base for deiceing...the ladies would not go outside once if snowed so water hangs inside. Yes It...
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    humidity

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    humidity

    Hi. I am in MI. Last year it got mighty cold and my ladies got frostbite on their crowns...okay so here's the question. They perch on rafters where air comes in under eves(for vetilation) Their coop ..a 10x16 room has straw 2 bails thick on ground. Ive made lower roosts but they like the 2"...
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    Okay..need a memory refresher.. How does one build those cookie tin heaters ? I used a 75 watt bulb to create heat..kept on timer and electric water heater for their water. My ladies hated the snow..Maybe a tarp over their yard this year? Any suggestions? Also layered their house...dirt...
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    Do you feed your chickens meat....(like chicken)?

    Thanks everyone!!! My ladies are about to get a treat..some "old" not spoiled ground beef. They already love me f their oatmeal with banana and yoghurt ...kitchen veggie scraps and spinich .. ...
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    Winter update

    CHECKING IN WITH ALLfellow Chicken caretakers. Hope everyone us fairing through this beast of a winter. Update...my ladies are still alive..mMr.Roo has calmed..guess he realizes his survival relies on my care of him..lol...Still getting eggs..at least 4 a day..My ladies are warming to my touch...
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    So far ive been spared..thanks for the giggles everyone..glad youre all okay
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    Oh my....Blessings to you
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    So...i seem to have similar conditions as you all have listed and a bit of frostbite on combs of leghorns..it is tan looking on the tips..BUT MY ROO. A Isa brown comb has turned black and part of his waddle.. My question is..DOES IT HEAL? FALL OFF? KILL THEM ? I feel terrible it but with 35...
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    HOW DO I HATCH MY OWN CHICKS

    I was thinking to take some of my ladies eggs and making babies . How long do they incubate? What do I need to do? Will my ladies take it upon themselves to "brood " is it? Is brooding when they sit on a nest to hatch young? I am SO very new at this. My leghorns and Isa Browns are fairing...
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    Ps. Only frost was at that door opening ( although it is latched not "sealed" )
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    Actually, the coop/house is well ventilated..The little frost was where their door opens to yard. Not sealed tight. Humidity monitor reads between 50-60%...but then temps were 40 below last night and it was the first time I had seen that IN THE HOUSE...I don't know.... I was afraid they had too...
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    First time having chickens AND being in a Polar Vortex!!!! MI HERE !!!
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    I am thankful mine are okay..noticed some frost on their walls...INSULATION THIS SPRING.. lots of goodies being fed. I think thats the trick but a bit of froastbite on my Roo... they wont let me touch them so well see what happens come spring 40 below kast night..High about 7 below..TOMORROW 17...
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