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    Zombie-looking chickens...

    I'm sure this has been covered here many times, but here goes again !! I've got 8 hens just over a year old.All healthy, almost every day an egg from each ( even all thru the winter ! ) Lively birds, love running around the yard, and they're a lot of fun.. The problem ? They've been losing...
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    The timing of a coop heat-lamp

    Been reading all about heatlamps for the winter season, but I've got a question I haven't found the answer to yet.. I've got 8 hens ( 4 Comets, 2 Leghorns and 2 Black sex-links) in a 6x6x6 draft-free coop..If the temp really drops here in Connecticut and I use a lamp just to take the chill off...
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    Cooking eggs in the coffeepot !

    Read this on another forum, and it really threw me for a loop ! old trick I've been doing for years/decades place a raw, in the shell egg, in the grounds basket of your drip coffee maker...as the hot water streams over your egg and thru your grounds to make the coffee, it cooks. when coffee...
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    Now that colder weather is on its way...

    what should I be doing out back in my CoupeDeVille? I've got 8 laying hens, everything's fine so far but how should I prepare the hens, the coop/run and myself for cold nights and shorter days? Different feed ? Lights/heats lamps ? I built my 6x6 coop with insulated walls planning for cold...
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    Hi from NW Connecticut !!

    Just joined up here yesterday, so glad I found this site !!! We're new to keeping chickens, the wife and I were strolling thru our local Tractor Supply and ChickDays had just started and we said " why not ? " 4 Golden comets, 2 Black sex-links and 2 Leghorns came home with us on April 3rd...
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