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    Chicken flap/door in a sliding window - brainstorm with me?

    My coop is mounted inside my garage, with the run mounted on the outside of the garage. The chickens use the open sliding window to go in & out. The run is *very* secure against predators (really, I promise!), so up till now I've just left that window open at all times. As winter approaches, I...
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    Heat hanging waterer with heat lamp?

    I have a hanging metal waterer. Rather than setting up a platform so I can set it on top of a heater for winter, can I point a heat lamp at it (obviously up out of reach)? Would that heat it enough? And what would the energy consumption be like? I am thinking the heat lamp would double as a heat...
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    Layer mash with pellets that hens avoid...?

    My layer mash has some sort of pellets in the mix (along with visible variety of grains) ... I have noticed my hens don't eat the pellets. Their feeder ends up full of these pellets, with them crowding around demanding food, as if they have none. What's going on?
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    Sick Hen: UPDATE: SHE'S DEAD! 7 hrs sick

    Hoping for some help. This morning, I found a sickly hen in my coop of 6 hens. She is: Plymouth Barred Rock 6 months old Probably laying I *think* she feels thinner and lighter than the others. Lethargic - doesn't respond much to touch & handling (Just opens eyes), sleeping, not standing at...
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    24 wk old Barred Rock, poss not laying yet? Smaller/lighter comb too.

    I have 4 red sex-links and 2 Plymouth barred rocks. I am consistently getting 4-5 eggs a day. I know 6 chickens does not equal 6 daily eggs, but I have *never* had 6 eggs in one day. I have a hunch that one of the two BR's is not laying - she has a smaller comb and wattle that are lighter in...
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    If I clip their wings, will they be able to reach their roost bar?

    Choosing this forum because my question relates to the coop & run space. I have 6 hens, 5 months old, at least 5 of them now laying. They now have 32 square feet of indoor space (4'x8') and 56 square feet of outdoor space (14' x 4'). Their new roosting bar is 2'10" above the shavings, with...
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    Poop, deep litter, dirt run...etc. Indulge me?

    I know these topics have been done to death, but I'm hoping some kind souls will answer specific questions about my set-up so I don't have to browse long threads... Inside the coop: Plywood floor (not painted- wish I had before they moved in), wire walls - so PLENTY of ventilation (it is...
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    My 7 week old Barred Rocks want to know...

    Are we girls? We feel like we are, but need confirmation.
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    In the fenced yard - will they stay in? go up in tree & out?

    My six week olds moved into their new home today - nicely sized indoor coop and okay-sized outdoor run - though as they grow I think I will have to expand the run or reduce the number of birds....or, can I let them run the yard more than I think to give them that extra wiggle room? We have a...
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    Peepers now 5 weeks old and starting to be Peckers - how to curb?

    They seem to like me well enough, me being the bringer of food. But they peck at my hands when I reach into their cage - whether because they think my hands have food or out of some attempt to dominate me, I don't like it! How do I nip this in the bud while they are young, not only showing...
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    URGENT: Baby Chickadee on my patio right now

    Okay, so maybe this is not urgent and I just need to leave well enough alone. This morning there was a baby chickadee on my patio - fully feathered, just a tiny version of the adults. It was sort of flapping around, and I impulsively picked it up and put it in a tree near where I saw an adult...
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    Do hens eat the shells after their chicks hatch?

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    16 days old, bouts of peeping like mad, sounds frantic

    Is that normal? My 4 red sex-links and 2 barred rocks (actually, I think it's mainly the sex-links doing it) have periods of peeping loudly and what sounds like frantically. It's the same sound they made when my cat got too close to putting a paw through the wire on their pen (indoors, an old...
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    Plumbing Question - vaguely chicken coop related

    Apologies if I've chosen the wrong forum, could not figure out where else to put this. But BYC seems full of handy folks so I really want to ask this here! We will be building our coop in our garage (with a pop door through a window to the run & yard). When we moved here 5 years ago, we...
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    Rolling Acres Chick Starter?

    Does anyone know anything about this feed? I bought it at TSC. Since then, I've been reading about medicated vs non-medicated feed, ingredients, protein percentages, etc. There is NOTHING on the bag to tell me any of this information, and Google has no answers. I really have no idea what...
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    I want to be able to tell my chicks apart

    I've browsed around reading of leg bands, food colouring dots, etc....what do you think? I only have 6 - 2 barred rocks and 4 red stars, less than a week old. I want to handle each of them enough for them to get used to it...but I don't know which ones I've handled and which I haven't. I...
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    Got my first-ever chicks...there are no stupid questions, right?

    I feel a little silly asking this, but I'm new at this and fretting over my chicks...one of them (there's 6) is lying down to sleep. Do they do that, is that normal? The rest are standing to sleep, so far.
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    Chick feeder & water:how high out of shavings to place?

    Just a quick question as I am setting up my brooder. I've read about placing the feeder & waterer on a piece of wood to keep them away from the shavings - how high? Would a brick be okay height? (ie can the babies get up to their food and water when they are brand-new). Thanks!
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    Brooder for 6 chicks - ideas what to use? (NOT cardboard)

    I'm sure there's a million threads about this, but I'm not finding them, so here I am. I will be picking up 6 chicks in the first week of May. I don't have a coop built yet, and though that is coming, I want to make sure I have a brooder big enough to keep them happy for at least a month. I...
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    Pine shavings-where to buy larger cheaper quantities?

    I was at TSC this morning, and all they had in pine shavings was small bags for hamsters and the like. Perhaps the feed store will have better options? Or a garden centre? Where do you get yours?
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