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    stopping water from freezing

    Take a four to six inch tile and post hole digger or auger to make a hole to below frost level. Put the water bucket over the hole and let the ambient temperature of the earth do the work.
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    egg laying in the winter.

    I live in central illinois and wonder what to expect from the colder months. This is my first winter of having chickens and just know what to do. I have a good idea on what I need but there will be a learning curve until I get through a winter or two. Should I build a small room in my coop...
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    columbian breed of chicken

    Just got 27 columbian chickens today!!! I have 5 banties that are a lot of fun and talked to a farm research manager at the university of Illinois (U of I). Brooder is all set up and they seem to be doing O.K. Have never even heard of this style chicken but he claims that they are a great...
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    trying to be a rooster

    just for fun my bantie rooster is trying to be a big boy. 3 months old and trying to belch out a crow. sounds like a sick try to yell, cant wait for more.
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    chicks losing thir coat

    Have two chick in a makeshift brooder for my son. Looks like it is going bald. Got my chicks april 6th is the chick losing its bay down and am I overreacting? It is getting feathers and has been eating and acting fine. Am new to chickens and just want to be sure it is ok. The other chicken...
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    chicks loving insulated pink board

    I have a brooder which is a oakes poultry and hog apparatus (antique) which I got from the attic from a friend. It had a cloth exterior that was dry rotted and did away with. I made a frame and out of 2 by four and put inch and a half pink board for insulation value. I had 10 banties that I...
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    when does a rooster cockadoodledoo?

    The title says it all. I have 4 roosters that are 7 weeks old and cant wait to here some noise.
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    Tractor In Progress - almost there! (picture heavy)

    Thats cool
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    feeding bananas and they are loving it!!

    Was looking at comments on treats to feed chickens and tried bananas and they are loving it. Does it hurt to feed them the peel? Tried yogurt but they were not as excited about it.
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    new baby chicks losing one a day

    I am new at the chicken world and am having problems with my chicks. I have been watching my temp and the chickens behavior and I think that I am doing something wrong. I have cornish cross and other various chicks and am having trouble with the cornish cross. I have kept the temp at 85 to 90...
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    losing chicks in the brooder

    Fan from the factory was broken so I put a replacement. This possibly could be a brooder for rabbits or who knows what else. Possibly may not be a brooder at all but it provides an enclosure for my chicks with a heat source.
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    losing chicks in the brooder

    this brooder has a heater element in the top approximately 14 inches around. I looked up possible causes of death, low temp, high temp, humidity, and genetics. It had a small fan that was made with it from the factory so I installed a small fan to help ventilate for high humidity. I have...
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    losing chicks in the brooder

    The brooder I have is an older version that I was given by a friend. It is an oakes, it looks like the roof of a house it used to have a cloth tarp setup that was dry rotted so I did away with it. The thermostat part was bad so being an electrician I installed a thermostat on it. I put a...
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    losing chicks in the brooder

    I am learning as much as I can in a short time and need to know why I seem to be losing chicks in my brooder. I seem to be losing a chick a day and they are the cornish cross. temp seems to be correct and i added a fan to circulate air for the humidity factor, and am giving medicated water...
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    FEEDING!!

    Should I free Feed like give them as much as the can eat or should I ration my banties feed?
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    NEW CHICKS

    Have recently joined and am new to forums. 4 weeks ago I bought 10 banties and am now down to seven. Last night put them out in a newly built chicken tractor. Weather is in the low 50's at night. Tarped the tractor completly and put two 100 watt lights in it, at 50 degrees do I need the...
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