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    Coop below 32 degrees

    The best thing to do with a heat lamp is to NOT have a heat lamp. That is NOT from my 9 months experience as a chicken owner, but rather that comes from 26 years on the fire department. We are on our first winter keeping chickens as well.. We are bit further north of you (grand Rapids...
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    Radio in the coop?

    okay so I had to google this..... so of course there is actually an album called top of the flock.. According to this article they prefer classical here is a link to the album... Who knew?
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    Is my coop good?

    You are very wise to have gone big. I predict you will have 20 chickens a year from now. We are new to keeping chickens and went with a smaller coop so we have no room to expand. Right now it does not matter as our township ordinance limits us to 6 chickens. While we would love to move out...
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    what's a good coop liner?

    i am doing the deep litter method with pine shavings. i considered painting the osb but ended up going with vinyl tiles. i would have preferred a solid remnant of vinyl but did not find something cheap at the time. my coop is only 6 months old, so it is still early but since i keep the...
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    chicken run

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    chicken run

    I did rolled asphalt roofing.... super easy super fast I was familar with rolled roofing installation I was not experienced in other metal or other panel type roofing materials my house has asphalt shingles not sure how the price compared. I probaly spent more because I had to buy a 100ft roll...
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    Lights that slowly dim before turning off?

    wonder if something like THIS could be programed.... for example: 5:00pm = 100% 5:05pm = 90% 5:10pm = 80% 5:15pm = 70% 5:20pm = 60% 5:25pm = 50% 5:30pm = 40% 5:35pm = 30% 5:40pm = 20% 5:45pm = 10% 5:50pm = OFF
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    Lights that slowly dim before turning off?

    That is a interesting idea. I have wondered if you have smart dimmable outlets and light bulbs if you could set up a program that reduces the light every 5 or 10 minutes to mimic the natural sunset. I am not into the smart home stuff so I decided to add light to the start of the day and let...
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    Run light

    Here is a good article on the subject of adding light. Click here I have a light in the hen house and run. Right now the light comes on at 6am and shuts off at 9am. I also like this arrangement so the chickens are up and the coop is lit when I check on the chickens before I leave...
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    Chicken Coop in BASEMENT?

    I can not image how it could be safe for you or your basement dwelling chickens.
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    Help setting up coop n' run in apartment...

    I cannot imagine circumstances where keeping chickens in an apartment will be healthy for you or the chickens.
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    Heat lamp suggestions?

    I have been a Firefighter for 26 years and have been to several structure fires where heat lamps were to blame. If for some reason heat lamp is required I would aggee that finding a solid/permanent way to mount the lamp would be crucial. trusting the clamp would be a bad idea Some people...
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    Blood Spots in Eggs?

    Great video ! So are these blood spots?
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    Need help on where to buy a good chicken coop !!!!

    We are new to keeping chickens and it was apparent fairly quickly that there are not many people speaking highly of the prefab coops... Except of course the wood construction prefab coops like Carolina coops. I love watching their videos on you tube. but they are gonna cost some $$$$$$$$$$...
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    Eggs for sale

    Molpet thanks for sharing that michigan information... I spent a few mins looking for michigan laws and only found some huge documents that I did not have the time or patience to sift through. I am hoping we get a couple of neighbors that are interested in buying our surplus.
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