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    What to do when your chicks outgrow the initial brooding trough...

    So my chicks, 3 barred rock, 3 leghorns and 1 each, silver and gold laced wyandotte bantams, outgrew the covered trough with the heat lamp I had them in until they got bigger and the weather got warmer. All off that happened, but they weren't big enough to join the adult hens, so I had to come...
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    Starter Feed with Antibiotics

    I'm curious to find out how many of you support feeding chicks starter feed with antibiotics. I've never used this food and I think for most of us on a small scale, it's not a good choice. Large commercial farms use feed containing antibiotics for chickens and cattle because they raise their...
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    I installed this automatic coop door a few months ago

    Up until a few months ago, I was manually opening and closing the chicken coop door. The main drawback is that I wouldn't get out there at daybreak and the hens would have to stay in the coop until I opened the door. I searched and found several automatic door openers on Amazon and elsewhere. I...
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    Second year with chickens

    This is my second year having chicken on my property. I bought the large red chicken coop from Tractor Supply and added a 12' X 18' plastic covered hoop house over it to give them a protected area from the snow int he winter ou here in Northern MI. I started with 6 hens, 3 Buff Orpingtons and 3...
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