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    my coop burned down, need heating ideas

    Hello, I lost my chicken coop and 12 laying hens on 2/27/09 to a coop fire. As near as I can tell, the girls must have knocked down the heat lamp and ignited the straw. I noticed smoke coming out from it in the morning and I opened the door and let the smoke roll out. I went in and beat the...
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    moving chicken tractor

    I have a question on chicken tractors. When you move the tractor, how do you get the chickens to move along with them? My layers are in a coop with a run and this isn't a problem. I decided to venture into meat chickens and got a small batch to try until I know what I am doing. I haven't...
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    cracked hatching eggs

    I bought duck hatching eggs on ebay. The auction was for 12+ eggs and possibly a chicken egg. The package came today and I got 14 eggs in there. Unfortunately 4 of the eggs were broken. One was smashed and the other 3 cracked. I ended up with 9 whole duck eggs and 1 chicken egg. Will the...
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    winter coop humidity

    Need some ideas here. I realize the need for dry conditions in the chicken coop. My problem is I live in ND and it gets very cold here in the winter. Cold as in -30 below zero Fahrenheit. My coop is insulated and very tight. I need it this way to retain some heat in the coop. As a result...
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    black star layers

    Quick question- Someone is selling black star eggs on ebay. I have always assumed that these are a first generation hybrid and that the parents are two different breeds. I asked the person selling the eggs if these were hatching eggs from two different purebred parents used to create this...
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    are sex link hens better layers

    Do hatcheries make sex link chickens just to make it easier to sex, or do they really lay more eggs than their pure bred parents?
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    Question on meat crosses

    Hello, new to the forum, I have been lurking for a while though. I'm pretty new to the chicken world, less than a year. I got into this for a hobby and eggs. Last spring when I ordered chicks, I was going to keep the pullets and butcher all of the roosters (heavy egg laying breeds). I was...
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