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    Chickens in Garden Over Winter

    I just fenced in our garden space with our solar-electric chicken fence which allows our 28-bird flock to fertilize our 2,800 sq ft garden over winter. We cleaned out the coop and dumped ALL the litter into the center of the garden. We butchered our meat chickens and dumped ALL the feathers...
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    Help! 7 week chick has bone exposed under wing!

    2 evenings ago we opened up the coop brooder to allow our 7 week old chicks (18 of them) to be fully introduced to the old girls (11 of them). All went well during the day. Some squabbling occurred but overall it looked like they were acclimating well for the first day. I went to work around...
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    Chickens in Garden Space

    I recently purchased and set up a solar electric chicken fence around our garden space for the chickens to “till, poop, and scratch” so as to prep and fertilize for spring planting. My question is this: how long do I need to let it rest between their removal from the space and planting? I put...
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    How long to raise Naked-necks?

    We just butchered our 15 Naked-necks at 12 weeks old (as this is the age they stated in an article to butcher) and they seemed really small to me. I know grocery store birds are bigger due to breed and other things but they were really small. When I order a new batch for our next rotation of...
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    Strawberry patch and chickens…

    I have 30 6-week old chickens. Half will be butchered and I’ll be left with 15 egg layers. I’m currently building the fencing for their run but I’m also going to set up temporary seasonal fencing around my garden so they can forage and fertilize my area all fall and winter. My question is this…...
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    When can I let my chicks outside?

    I have the ability to make a little penned in area in my yard to let our baby chicks go outside a bit. They are about 2 weeks old and I was wondering if this is too young to allow to do that? It has been very warm out here in Ohio. I would be outside with them the whole time since we have a cat...
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    Ventilation

    I have 2 large windows in my 8x12’ shed/coop for summer ventilation. Would a handful of 2” holes in the top of two walls be sufficient for winter ventilation? I live in Ohio where we have cold (used to anyway) winters and hot/humid summers.
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