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    Stream water?

    Hey all, I have my first 25 Cornish cross going onto pasture in a tractor. My pasture is far away from running water (as is my barn), so I’ve been hauling 5 gallons at a time while they’re in the brooder. In the pasture we have a spring fed stream and I’m wondering if I can start using that as a...
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    Moving Cornish cross outside

    Hi there, I know that there are LOTS of threads about moving chicks outside, but I can’t find much applicable information aside from the classic “reduce the heat by 5 degrees a week.” I’m raising 25 Cornish cross which are a little over four weeks. They’re ALMOST fully feathered (a few bald...
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    Chicks sound congested?

    Hello, I have 25 cornish cross chicks, about 1.5 weeks old. They are in a draft-free enclosed room within a barn, in a large stock tank with plenty of room. The temps here in Western NC have been swinging from lows of 22 at night to into the upper 70s during the day, so it's been difficult to...
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    Enclosed coop required in tractor?

    Hi all, I've been researching chicken tractors as we have a lot of pasture land, but also a lot of predators. I've of course seen the John Suscovich chicken tractors for broilers, and in my research I've also seen a few people post tractors here that do not have nesting boxes or an enclosed coop...
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    Raising chickens in wooded area

    Hi, I've kept chickens twice before but in an Urban setting in a back yard. I now live on extensive acreage in Western NC and while we have some pasture, it's primarily dense woods. The place I would love to put the coop is close to our cabin, where I would have a moveable poultry net run for...
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