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    Comment by 'rkendrick' in article '185 Cluck Cottage Lane'

    Very very cool.
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    When are chicks considered "Feathered"? Looking to remove lamp ASAP.

    I agree. When they look more like chickens (just shorter) and less like chicks, out they go. They will keep each other warm. A lamp is up to you if it goes below 50 but as long as they have shelter from the wind or rain, they'll stay warm. I used to put pine litter in my grow-out pen shelter...
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    Hoping to turn a huge unused dog pen into chicken coop, maybe??

    This pen is awesome. I wish I was a chicken! I use our old dog kennel for ducklings and goslings. Had trouble with a big black snake but hubby fixed that. No details but we did put hardware cloth around bottom to be sure. Old dog house with pine and hay. Reinstalled the shade tarp that came with...
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    d'anver lovers,discuss the breed and post some pics!

    I never considered altitude being a factor in hatching eggs...or laying for that matter. Sounds like a master's thesis in the making. I'm going to retire from teaching junior high soon. Anybody want to join me in an experiment?
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    When to get baby chicks

    Welp Hatchery in Iowa is great. But I would wait until spring for delivery just because winter weather is so fickle. It is soooo hard to wait though. You have to be strong and not give in!
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    Horse cooler

    Yes they do. By at least 5° most of the time more. My old Arabian is too stubborn to get out of sun. I reach under his sun sheet and he is noticeably cooler under.
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    Guinea hens won't go into coop...

    I found out that my pair of pearl guineas will do anything for cracked corn. Come down from a tree. Cross the yard. Flap over a fence. March into the "night pen". They are free range the rest of the time. I have a long PVC pole if they need a little encouragement, but so far they havent. I...
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    Mullberries and geese

    I hit the wrong button!. All I know is that dogs shouldn't eat mulberries.Luckily my chickens eat them all up. Sometimes I think they catch them in midair!
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    Mullberries and geese

    All I know is dogs should
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    Gobble noises--hen? tom? both

    I never heard that. Thanks for the information. But now that I think about it, the White Palm is just more masculine...and gobbles and displays. The bronze is just more feminine somehow...and never gobbles or displays. That is so cool!
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