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    Is there a downside to putting a light in the coop for the winter months?

    Lots of good infos indeed but still wondering if I should turn on that red light bulb I bought (thinking that red light would be less aggressive than a white one). Any extra thoughts on that? Right now, I'm also struggling with keeping the water unfrozen in the coop. Our waterer is fixed on the...
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    White or red lamp?

    First winter for my 4 chicks and their urban coop. They haven't started laying yet and with decreasing day light, I was wondering if I should turn on the light early morning to help kick off the egg production. I bought a red energy efficient light bulb since I heard that red color would be more...
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    Winter Open Air Coop and Free Ranging in Cooler Climates?

    Hi all, thanks for this discussion thread, I was actually wondering how my chicks are going to do during their first winter. We built our coop based on different design ideas but still not sure about draft/ventilation/open air. They are four Chanteclers in our small urban (Montréal) coop. We...
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    Adding to existing flock of two: which breed should I get?

    Hello! I had to give away 4 out of my 6 chicks since they were roosters and did not want to alert the neiborhood (chickens are not legal here!). So I have two Chantecler (one white and one pattrige) and looking to introduce another chicken. They are 3 months old and I would like to have a...
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    Does anyone use the nipple water drinkers?

    Thanks! I put the beak of some of them on, so they can learn. So some got the trick but the others still seem to look for the water in the plastic plate bellow and don't seem to get it...won't they see how just by watching their friends quenching their thirst using the nipples?
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    Does anyone use the nipple water drinkers?

    I installed a new waterer with nipples and transfered my chicks in their new house...but they don't seem to get how it works! They keep on drinking from the drops dripping on the plate bellow as we try to "show" them how the nipples work. They seem thirsty...Aren't they going to get it on their own?
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