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    BLRW chicks need home.

    We have several 6 week old BLRW cockerels looking for homes. Location is in the mountains of NC between Asheville and Boone.
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    Electric Henrietta/fresh eggs peel

    I learned from a friend about this great little egg cooker called Henrietta. I have used it twice to hard boil eggs; the eggs are cooked with steam. The eggs peeled NO problem and they were collected the same morning. Fantastic
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    Tried new shavings, great!

    Just wanted to share. I use "regular" pine shavings on the floor of our coops and in the horse stalls. Recently, at the Southern States store, there was a new type of shavings called America's Choice Premium Shavings. I bought a bag without paying much attention. This is not a bag of woody like...
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    Will it work?

    Will deep liter "method" work on floors that are not dirt?
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    Thank you for the tarp suggestion/pics #17

    Last year I used burlap on the outside walls of the run and it worked great for limiting the wind, rain, snow, etc. This year I have a new run, max number of chickens for the coop ,and decided to cover all walls of the run with clear tarps. There is a six inch area right under the roof that...
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    Tarps working GREAT

    Last year I used burlap on the outside walls of the run and it worked great for limiting the wind, rain, snow, etc. This year I have a new run, max number of chickens for the coop ,and decided to cover all walls of the run with clear tarps. There is a six inch area right under the roof that...
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    Painting window glass/update- used cloth instead

    Does anyone paint the glass of coop windows to reduce light? If so, what do you use? I don't want to eliminate light, just reduce it.
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    Anyone have success covering walls of run in plastic?

    We have high winds and lots of snow during the winter. Our run is covered but something needs to be used on the sides of the run. I tried plastic last year and it was ripped apart by the wind. Might have been because I didn't completely wrap the run. Then, I tried burlap and that worked well but...
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    Fencing for EEs

    We would like to fence in about 1/2 acre for our EEs to free range during the afternoons when we are home. How high should the fence be to keep our EEs from flying over the fence?
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    Adding one hen to a group of pullets

    I have 18 pullets that are 17 weeks old. I also have a hen living by herself that I would like to add to the pullet group. They have been able to see each other as their runs are close. How and when would be best to try this?
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    Spurs, should I cut them off??

    I read in Storey's Guide to RAISING CHICKENS that for permanent removal of spurs, cut them off close to the leg when cockerels are 10 to 16 weeks old and their spurs are no more than 1/4 inch long. I'm thinking about doing this and wonder if others have done this or what you might think about...
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    Switching from chick grit to grower girt/ when?

    My chicks are 9 weeks old. They have been going out to a grassy run for over a week. (Won't be long before the grass is gone.) They have had chick grit while in the coop because some of them were munching on shavings and small feathers. I have two bags of granite grit made in Mount Airy, NC...
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    Levasole/Prohibit Wormer ???

    Anybody used this wormer? What do you think about it?
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    Night temps in the 50s, too cold for 8 week old chicks?

    I'm debating on whether I should turn off the heat lamp at night. Our chicks will be 8 weeks old next Monday. The heat lamp is up at ceiling height. Temps at night are in the 50s. Can I turn off the heat lamp?
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    Can I count the dropping board/roost space?

    I have an 8x8 coop with a 3x8 dropping board with roost above. Can I count the 3x8 area in addition to the overall 8x8 when calculating 4 sq. feet/chicken in the coop? I'm trying to justify keeping 20 chickens in a 8x8 coop with a 9x18 run. The chicks are now 7 weeks old and two are roos.
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    High 50s to low 60s, can I turn off the heat lamp?

    My chicks are six weeks old and in the coop with a heat lamp at night. Temps at night are in the high 50s and low 60s. They look fully feathered. For how much longer will I need to use the heat lamp?
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    Do chickens fly over electric poultry fence?

    I'm thinking about putting electric poultry fencing/netting outside of the run to make a free range area. Will the chickens fly over the fence?
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    Can EEs be sexed by color?

    Someone told me that most black and white EEs are roos? Is this true? Can EEs be sexed by color?
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    Run on an incline...

    My run is on an incline. It's covered, the floor is now packed dirt, and it has a hardware cloth apron. The chickens love to dig around the posts and along the sides. When it rains hard a "river runs through it". On the lower side, the water pools up. I need to do something to try and stop the...
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    New coop, granddaughter loves it!

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