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    Freezing temps - should I keep chickens in coop?

    I live in Southern Vermont and we are going down to 40 below tomorrow. My chickens have thee houses on wheels with run in between. I have heat lamps in two of the houses as well as heated water. I do not let them out in the fenced in are when it gets below 20 degrees. They don't have a lot of...
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    Can molting bring stress to my ladies?

    My girls seem to really enjoy lots of greens when molting. I also give them meal worms.
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    Food Scraps?

    I should add to my comment that I do not give my chickens any processed foods. I try to give them only organic vegetables, pasta, rice, bread, cooked beans. Their favorite is watermelon in hot weather. I know some people will be totally against this, but they also love it when I hard boil some...
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    Food Scraps?

    I have fed my chicken food scraps from day one. In the winter time I warm leftovers up for them, and they love it. I am careful not to feed them things like onions and raisins, or any other foods on the no, no list. Everyone tells me what healthy and happy chickens they are.
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    Starting a flock

    I started with chicks. Great fun to watch them grow, and you may find you become rather fond of them. My girls come when I call them because I give them lots of greens and table scraps. I did introduced a fully grown rooster to the flock when half were a about a year old and the others two...
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    Any suggestions on how to solve our frostbite problem?

    I have three small chicken house on wheels. In one I have no heat, second one heat lamp, and third two heat lamps. The chickens have a choice as to where they can go. So far during temperatures of minus 27 degrees they have chosen to sleep in the one with one heat amp and two heat lamps. I do...
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    Fire Safety in your Chicken Coop & Barn - IMPORTANT!

    This is so sad. My heart goes out to you, as it would kill me if something like this happened to my animals. Thank you for your good advice. Hope you are able to rebuild and continue living your dream. All the best, Rev. Christie Bliss Ley
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    Winter water?

    I bought a heated water bowl for dogs, which works great. Easy to bring in and clean.
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    Comment by 'Shimmana' in article 'The Schoop'

    That is an awesome deluxe chicken condo and run.
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    How do you heat your coops

    I live in Vermont, and the temperature can get down to 25 below . I use heat lamps for the chicken house. Just have to be careful that they do not knock it down. Good fire starter. I also put a tarp over and around their run so they can be out of the bitter wind. I also have a heated water bowl.
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    Comment by 'Shimmana' in article '"The Egg Plant" Coop'

    Makes me wish I was a carpenter so I could make one just like it.
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