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    Automatic Coop Door Openers

    I have read about devices to automatically open chicken coop doors into the run in the morning and close them at night. Is there anyone here with experiences with these? Where are they available? How do the chickens know to go inside before the device closes the door?
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    Mix Breeds -When to Process?

    I bought 18 chicks this spring with the intent of keep six hens for layers and processing the other dozen for freezer chickens. These are not the standard meat type chickens like Cornish Rocks but instead a mix of cockerels and pullets of various breeds such as Barred Rock, New Hampshire Red...
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    First Day Outside Deaths

    First time chicken owner here. It's been a warm sunny day in southern Michigan so I let my 3+ week old chicks outside for the first time today to explore their run. They were nervous but eventually the more timid ones came out no doubt inspired by the happy chirps of the braver ones who were...
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    Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance

    I purchased new and just finished reading Martin Gurdon's Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance: Reflections on Raising Chickens. It's a read it and pass it along type of book which I would be happy to do on the condition that you pass it along when you're done reading it so someone else can...
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    Getting your chicks to like you

    This is my first time owning chicks. Mine are two weeks old now. I work during the day but have been spending a couple hours in the evening reading next to their brooder and talking to them in order to get them accustomed to me. By whenever I open the top of the brooder to change the food...
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    Why use a brooder?

    I have my chicks in a brooder since it seems to be the thing to do. However I don't understand why I need one rather than just letting my chicks have the run of the full coop. The brooder is 18 sq. ft. (2 ft. tall) setting on the floor of an 80 sq. ft. coop. The water and heat lamp hangs from...
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    Run Cover

    I just got my first chicks and have a few questions about the run. First, what is the best groundcover? It is being built over a portion of my former vegetable garden. Would lawn seed or one of the wildflower mixes work best? It's a 10' x 10' fenced in square. Also, do chickens use the run...
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    Time Commitment

    A neighbor couple, who had chickens one year recently, is telling me to re-consider my decision to have backyard chickens. They say that raising chickens will prevent my family from ever going away for the weekend. They also said that raising chickens in our exisiting shed will prevent us from...
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