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    Any concerns using Bird-Bath De-Icer for chicken waterer

    I have not seen much discussion regarding using bird-bath de-icers to keep the chicken water unfrozen. I am planning to use the Farm Innovators C-50 150-watt model in a 3-gallon nipple waterer bucket. The instructions say it is safe for all bird-baths including plastic and that to save power it...
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    Hanging Heated Nipple Waterer Design Question

    I am planning to build a hanging heated nipple waterer. Planning to use a 2 or 3 gallon bucket with 4 or 5 nipples on the bottom and running a heating element through a hole in the top. It seems like when I remove it to refill that the nipples would be on the ground, maybe damaging them and...
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    Support Chickens in Califon, NJ (Hunterdon County) - Meeting TONIGHT

    Changing the backyard chicken ordinance is going to be topic #1 at tonight’s Planning Board meeting. It will start at 8-PM in the town hall #39 Academy St Califon, NJ. My understanding is that chickens are currently NOT allowed, but they have unofficially been permitted until Mr. and Mrs...
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    Saddle Feathers Examples of Roos/Hens, Please

    I am trying to understand what difference there are in the saddle feathers of a hens from roos. I would greatly appreciate if is someone could post photos of saddle feathers that illustrate the differences between the sexes. I am mostly interested in RIR and Araucanas. What ages do the...
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    Any Harm Feeding 24% Protein Crumbles to 5-week Old Chicks?

    As I was running out of the 20% grower/raiser feed I went to TSC to buy more and discovered it was out of stock. My only choices were 24% for turkey chicks or 15% for layer hens. I went ahead and bought the 24%. Should there be any harm in feeding the 24% Durmor to my 5-week old chicks (RIR...
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    Can Nipple Water Systems be Heated?

    My regular waterer keeps getting soiled with shavings and poop so I was thinking about a nipple watering system. We are in northern NJ and I do not plan to heat the coop, so the waterer must be heated. Can nipple systems be heated to function in winters where it might occasionally get below 0...
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    Should I be offering grit to my day-old chicks?

    I am feeding day old chicks the medicated starter feed from tractor supply. Should I also be offering them grit, or is grit not recommended until they are older? THANKS!
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