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    Using aquarium heaters

    What is the best tool to keep your water from freezing? Preferably not just a few liters.
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    Using aquarium heaters

    When I would have a water recipient with an Aquarium heater in it, but that aquarium heater is connected to a device that monitors the water temperature and only turns on the heater when it drops below +5 C(41F) and shuts it down when it is +7 C (44,6F). Would that work? That would mean the...
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    Going away a week! HELP!

    The run is predator proof. We even leave the coop open also at nights, when we think about sleeping in next day. So they are save, also the run is covered and it has shade, open space, but also hiding from elements if needed. And we had some heavy rains, but no water is going to the run (it is...
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    Going away a week! HELP!

    What are pullets? We have 4 chickens, 3 of them laying. They have some branches they can roost on, and they do that. The floor is a combination of hay, weeds, fresh cut grass, etc.
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    Going away a week! HELP!

    Okay, so now our chickens are about 19 weeks, we are about to go a week camping with our tent. This means we will leave the chickens alone for 6 days. We have 4 hens, laying eggs. I have a feeder that holds feed for like 8-9 days, so that's covered. I also made a waterer with nipples, a 13...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    We have four hens and three of them are laying now (around 17 weeks old). One of them has not been bothered to lay in the nesting boxes. (the one that started last)
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    Pecking at everything...

    We have 4 hens and they are pecking at everything. Our toes, the ring on my finger, everything. And because of that my daughter (2yr old) is terrified of them. I want to socialize more with the chickens, so they get more used to us, but i'm only so much at home (after work) and my wife is...
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    Chickens not going in the run/coop!

    Question! We have 5 chickens (4 hens and a rooster) and this morning I wanted to treat them with a piece of watermelon. But somehow they ran out of their run, scared (this is how I saw it) and now they don't go back. I took the piece of watermelon out of the run, but still they don't go back...
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    Chicken Coop permanently on the lawn

    The run is going to be covered as well, I forgot to mention that. But I already started taking the grass out and am planning on putting sand in, is that good?
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    Chicken Coop permanently on the lawn

    Hello! I'm currently building my coop and I have just a couple of more elements to build (the roof, nestboxes and some finishing touches). But I have a question. I have put the whole coop on a few bricks to have it level, but it is directly on my lawn. My idea is to think about bedding once the...
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    Sexing Baby Chicks (1w4d old)

    Hey! thanks for your response, I have no idea on the breed. Here you just buy either meat or egg chickens, or chickens that are good for meat and eggs haha. The last sort we got! I will just have to wait to see what is what then!
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    Sexing Baby Chicks (1w4d old)

    Hello! Can someone help me see what sex our baby chicks have? I just figured about which could be female, by reading and studying pics. But you guys have a lot more experience! :) Will you help me out? How about a game "guess the sex"? ^_^ I'm thinking female, what you think? Again I'm...
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    26 degrees C
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    Better like this? I just made it quickly with some leftovers, so it's not that straight and such. They have a lot more room now. And I already said to my wife, maybe a transparent box was not great for them. Now they can retreat in a corner or something. But I had to make a window, so my little...
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    Is it normal that for 15 minutes already they peck non-stop and dig with their feet (also put the bedding in the water). It's funny to see haha, all together pecking and digging, but is it normal?
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