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  1. J

    When to move chicks outside

    We have 6 chicks - majority about 2-3 weeks old. I was wondering when it would be okay to move their brooder (with heat plate) outside? I am located outside of Albany NY and our temps get into low 30's at night still. Also, at what age is it good to start introducing them to our year old...
  2. J

    New to chicks - peeping like crazy

    We got 6 chicks a few days ago and originally had them on newspaper with paper towel over it - they were quiet and happy. Yesterday introduce pine chips and they haven’t stopped peeping - except at night thankfully!!! They were eating them at first but have seemed to go back to their crumble. I...
  3. J

    Rubbery Egg??

    when I collected eggs yesterday I noticed a yolk in the pine shavings and after a closer look I found what can only be described as a rubbery broken egg shell - was like an empty water balloon? We did have other eggs with hard shells so thinking it's not necessarily diet related - any advice??
  4. J

    Brooder heater

    We live in northeast and temps are dropping to low 30’s high 20’s at night. Can brooder box be kept on enclosed, un-heated, sun porch if we keep a brooder heater in there. It’s the kind that the birds can get under.
  5. J

    Predator Arpon

    Anyone ever use a 2-3' predator apron around coop instead of burying wire? We have to put up a new enclosed run and ground is frozen - saw a youtube video of the apron installation.
  6. J

    New Enclosure - following fox attack:(

    So we had our small flock of 6 hens free ranging for the past 9 months in our fenced in yard. Unfortunately a fox found them last week. Thankfully my husband came home during it and was able to scare the fox off - we lost one hen and our ability to let them free range. Our coop has a small...
  7. J

    New to chicken world

    our family is new to chickens and it has been quite an experience already. Got our first 5 hens (not hens) in May and found out we had 3 roosters and 2 hens. did some switching (a few times) but we are now successfully rooster free and have 6 hens. We have 5 white Orpingtons and 1...
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