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    Help! Supplemental light didn't come on for 2 days... no eggs for over a week?!

    I have about a dozen layers. They range from Black Australorps, Buffs, Reds, EE's, Wellies, Golden Laced, and Barred rocks. We have used an incandescent rope light above the roost that is on a timer and it worked great last winter. We are in Central PA. We had 8 eggs and the next day we had...
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    Parasites! Confused! Please help!

    So there IS a withdraw period for the Ivomec? Some posts I was reading said there wasn't. But it makes sense that there would be. Should I use blu-kote on their raw backs and bottoms? I don't recall pyrethrin in my searching. Though that could just be a difference in names. Thank you, I will...
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    Parasites! Confused! Please help!

    No, no roosters :-\ What do you suggest I use for treatment? I can absolutely treat then every 2 weeks. Thank you!
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    Parasites! Confused! Please help!

    We started raising our girls last year. I started with 4, and chicken math... well, we have 16 now. Half of the flock is a year old, and the other half are 3 months. The "old" girls are missing feathers, have red, painful looking backs, and I'm pretty sure they have mites or lice. They weren't...
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    Not sure if I have this winterizing thing right or not. First winter with chickens... Suggestions?

    I've never had any sort of moisture in my coop at all. Not even on the floor, walls, anything. The nesting boxes are opened to gather eggs from outside and I do have a lid on the top. I also have a drop down panel at the bottom for cleaning. They are a bit high even though they do sit lower than...
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    Not sure if I have this winterizing thing right or not. First winter with chickens... Suggestions?

    We built a new coop and run this year. We have 8 large birds (4 Black Australorps, 2 RIR's and 2 Buff's) with room to add 8 more in the Spring (at least). I get confused with regards to how much air movement is too much versus keeping a coop warm. I'm NOT heating my coop and it is a decent size...
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    Yes, another heat light question from a Newb

    That does make me feel better. Last winter was horrid! We have a solid coop and I have an electric base for our double wall water font on the way. Half of their run has a roof over it (the half at the pop door), but I think I might stack some hay bales at that end as well since that's where the...
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    Newb and don't know what's wrong with my Australorp!

    Sorry, I just saw this reply. I feed them using a feeder that is on the coop wall. You can see part of it in this picture that I have. Her combs haven't changed any at all since my last post :-/
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    Yes, another heat light question from a Newb

    Thank you. I was reading conflicting views on that, at least when it gets below zero. I do confess that I added a rope light up in the rafters above the roost and have that set on a timer, but I did that for egg production. Thanks again! Jen
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    Yes, another heat light question from a Newb

    My main question pertains to heat. I plan on NOT heating our coop this winter (our first winter with the girls). Last year was historically cold and this summer and fall have also already been on the chilly side (Pennsylvania). I have a metal covered light fixture in the top of the coop (it's an...
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