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    Need help, please

    You don't think that they will be harmed if I give the the artificial light only this one year since I already started or should I discontinue it? I have read that they can develop ovarian cancer, etc. And you think that I will be safe letting them have light in the PM then? So I should...
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    Getting colder...

    I have no gable vents. I will post some pictures tomorrow. Having a small window open is a bad idea?
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    Need help, please

    I live in the NW suburbs of Chicago. I bought some chicks in May. About a month ago, I was telling my neighbor that they were not laying yet. He told me to get a light and to put it in the coop. He said that it did not matter when to add the light, simply to give them 5 extra hours a day. I...
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    Getting colder...

    First year keeping chickens and I need some advice, please. I live in the NW suburbs of Chicago. It is beginning to get cold, especially at night. Do I leave any windows open for ventilation at night? Will they be too cold? My coop is a modified garden shed. I have installed a ridge vent...
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    Hawk stalking chickens! Help!

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    Hawk stalking chickens! Help!

    I have had a similar problem. I have a 16 x 8 run for them, but they love to come out. I just walk around with them when I can and they rest of the time, they hang out in the run. I built them roosting bars and they seem to like it a lot. I wish that I could leave them out all of the time...
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    Rooster or Hen-RI Red and Double-laced Barnevelder

    Thank you! I was worried because both had pointed and curved tail feathers. What gives it away?
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    Rooster or Hen-RI Red and Double-laced Barnevelder

    Please help. They are about 16 weeks. I am worried that one or the other may be a rooster. Thank you.
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    Sight Sexing Barred Plymouth Rock Chicks at Hatch

    Thank you!
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    Sight Sexing Barred Plymouth Rock Chicks at Hatch

    Anyone?
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    Why are my chickens sleeping here?!

    They have been in the coop a couple of weeks.
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    Why are my chickens sleeping here?!

    [/IMG] Thank you for the reply. There are a couple of poops up there, but not many. I have never seen them up there. I will keep trying, thank you.
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    baby chick with crooked neck

    Try vitamin E and selenium.
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    Why are my chickens sleeping here?!

    Thank you for the compliment! They are really pretty when they are not stacked up on each other! I have no older birds and I did try putting them up there, but they come right back down. They are really young yet, I was just perplexed as to why they would want to sleep that way. Thank you...
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    Greetings from NW suburbs of Chicago

    Hello, New chicken keeper here. Looking forward to interacting with all of you.
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