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    No more light/heat......

    My chicks are about a month old. We kicked the stinkers out of the house to the coop a week or two ago and have been running light & ceramic heater to keep them warm at night. I figure I can slowly taper off the heat now, but was curious how cold should I let it get in the coop while they are...
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    The chicks hate the bucket......

    Because of the tiny size of the brooder (one of those rubbermaid style totes), I didn't want to fill it up with a bucket feeder straight off, so I waited until I got them in the coop to switch them to the bucket feeder and they hate it. Well maybe not hate it, but I put it in there a few days...
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    How do feed stores make money on chicks.. Or do they?

    Do feed stores make any money on baby chicks? Or is it just a loss leader to get you in the door hoping you will buy feeder/waterer/food/etc... and be a returning customer? When some places are selling the chicks for $3-$4 and the online hatcheries are selling them for $2-$2.50 in quantity...
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    Chick Heat - Lowering the temp...

    So we got some baby chicks this weekend and I've been trying to get the temperature right for them. After the first night we moved them out of the garage to the inside which made a huge difference on the temperature fluctuations (not so much a positive impact on the smell of the house though!)...
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