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    Nine week old chicks

    Right, and I have. They don’t have heat during the day and I’ve backed off the heat at night a few nights. I’m just worried when it goes down to the thirties, will they be safe.
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    Nine week old chicks

    Hi. My coup is 4x6 and I have five girls. They’ve been in there coup for two solid weeks now. I open there coup door and they’re able to go in there run in the a.m. They automatically go back in there coup before dark now and I close their door. My coup isn’t drafty at all but I supplemented...
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    Nine week old chicks

    Good morning! My nine week old chicks are outside in there coup now for two weeks. I have a heater on for them on the cold 40 degree nights. Are they old enough to have their feathers to keep them warm yet? Can I shut the heat lamp off? Also, is it bad if I have a small water feeder inside their...
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    Best brand/source of chick starter feed?

    My baby chicks will be arriving in two weeks, and I am also looking for a good brand chick feed. What I do know is you don’t want to buy the medicated chick starter feed if your chicks have had the Marek’s vaccination. My babies all have that vaccine so they can’t eat the medicated feed. It...
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    Light for winter months

    Hi everyone. Being new to raising chickens, I’m trying to be proactive. I’m wondering how everyone keeps light in their coup in the cold winter months. I live in New England and in the winter it gets dark around 4:00 p.m. I don’t have electricity in my coup. Any good solar lights for chicken...
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    Expecting chicken mom

    Thank you.
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    Expecting chicken mom

    Hi. I’m new to raising backyard chickens and I’m new to this group. So happy to be able to read all your stories. I don’t receive my babies until the end of August, but I’m so super excited. My husband and I retired last year and I have a desire to still be needed, lol, so we decided to raise...
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