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    Brooder Temperature Extremely important?!

    Dumb question. We just got some baby chicks, and we put them in the brooder, they act totally fine, are very active, etc, so we didn't think twice about monitoring the temperature. We have a heat lamp over the brooder, but it's about a foot up. When I took a temperature reading this morning...
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    Corndells Extinct?

    Hello all. I'm fairly new to the whole chicken rearing thing, and this site has been a blessing sometimes, and a curse other times, lol. A blessing because it's a vast resource of knowledge, a curse because it sends my head spinning to weed through the numerous posts, and it's hard to keep...
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    Odd?! Question here: If I seperate my pullets will they stop laying?

    I guess I don't even need much of a body since the title says it all. I'm considering building a second "brooder coop" area since we have a broody hen sitting on 6 eggs, and I want her to have an area to hatch her chicks. Since I love to overthink things, I figured after she was finished raising...
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    My Hen won't shut up??!!

    Dumb question, I have a hen who won't stop clucking. We got our chicks on March 15th, 2012, so she's not quite laying age yet. We free range our chickens and they have a coop/run as well. It has been unseasonably warm and dry here in Missouri, but my other chickens seem okay with these...
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    New/Future Owner in Missouri

    Hi there. I recently (as in 2 years ago) bought a little place in Hazelwood, Missouri with a fairly signifigant backyard. Ever since we moved in, we spoke of having chickens. As of this Monday, we are building a coop to house them. I've been a lurker on this site for the last 2 years at least...
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