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    Keeping Water From Freezing in Winter

    Hi All, It's my first winter with my chickens and I've had a few instances already with frozen water in the mornings. I have 5 Easter Eggers, a 5 gallon metal fount waterer and electricity in the coop. I currently don't have anything but a lightbulb (for me to see at night) in the electricity...
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    Enclosed Run Design - extend roof from coop?

    Good points! I think you convinced me to stick with my original plan of having the roof at 7' like the coop.
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    Enclosed Run Design - extend roof from coop?

    Hi All, first time chicken owner here and I'm getting ready to finish framing my coop but I'm having second thoughts on the run design. The coop is 6x6 and the run is 6x8. The original design has the run attached to the coop and the roof going over the entire 14' span of coop and run. I'm...
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    Chicks too hot or too cold??

    Ok great thank you for the advice! It's a 250 watt red heat bulb with heat lamp. Being my first time, I ordered a chick brooder starter kit from My Pet Chicken. I guess it's intended for outdoor brooders. The only thermomter I have is a meat thermometer and it was reading 82 at the floor...
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    Chicks too hot or too cold??

    I got 5 baby chicks in the mail yesterday (first time chicken raiser) and have been trouble getting the temp of the brooder right. The chicks keep huddling up in a ball, but on the outside edge of the brooder not close to the heat lamp. Originally when I brought them home I had the heat lamp...
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    Coop location - do I need to have a visual from the house?

    Rob I've been hearing good things about the deep litter method. When I was reading about it I thought it said you don't clean it very often since you are supposed to keep everything buried in the litter. Is that how you do it, or do you modify? Or am I missing something else on the clean the...
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    Comment by 'Jake H' in article 'Coop Build - Woods Style'

    Coop looks awesome! Question for you, have you had any issue with a wood floor? I'm looking at building a Woods coop but I'm not sure what to do about the floor. I've seen some comments that a wood floor will start to rot and breakdown over time, but I don't know that I'll be able to do...
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    Coop location - do I need to have a visual from the house?

    Here's a question for you all, is it OK to start the flock with different breeds of chickens, or is it recommended to stick with one breed at first before diving too deep? Tentitively I'm thinking 2 easter eggers and 1 new hampshire red, and 1 brahma.
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    Coop location - do I need to have a visual from the house?

    great thanks! I'm going to dig deeper into the woods coop style. btw the main reason i was looking at the palace is he sells full plans and drawings, but upon further review I'm thinking functionality with lots of ventilation is needed.
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    First time flock raiser coming in March... yikes!

    thanks all! whats the prevailing thought on multiple breeds at the same time? is it better to just stick with one breed for the first go around, or would getting 2 or 3 cjicks from 2 different breeds work fine? one breed most likely being easter eggers.
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    MARYLAND THREAD!

    awesome, thanks!
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    Coop location - do I need to have a visual from the house?

    Ok great, thanks Latestarter!
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    First time flock raiser coming in March... yikes!

    Hi All, My name is Jake and I just recently moved to Baltimore County, MD. My wife and two little girls (3.5 years and 8 months) decided we want to start our own little flock in our backyard for eggs. Neither my wife or I, or our girls for that matter, have ever owned chickens or have any...
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    Coop location - do I need to have a visual from the house?

    Thanks for the tip on the coop! I am building it myself and from scratch, but I have a limited skill set with building. I've made some furniture and know my way around basic woodworking, but I've never built a structure so I'm a little nervous about the complexity of building a coop. Do you...
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    MARYLAND THREAD!

    Hi All, I just moved to Baltimore County in August and we're going to start a small backyard flock (probably 4 birds), in March. A few questions: 1. Does anyone know of a good feed store in the area? 2. Does anyone know where I can get chicks (most likely looking for Rhode Island Reds), or is...
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    Coop location - do I need to have a visual from the house?

    Are they too assertive/aggressive to have around kids? I have two daughters (3.5 year old and 8 months). When going through the breeds it seemed like they'd be a good fit, but if they could be an issue with our kids we may need to look at a different breed.
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    Coop location - do I need to have a visual from the house?

    Thank you all for the tips! I'm convinced now that I don't want the coop too close to the house, so I think I'll be going with B and put it in the middle of the yard. After some perusing of other coops, I think I'll add a little garden area next to it and make it a little chicken sanctuary so...
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    Coop location - do I need to have a visual from the house?

    Thanks Mary! These may be dumb follow up questions, but Id rather ask now than hrm my birds. 1. Why does North direction matter? 2. I live outside of Baltimore so we definitely have freezing temps, is electricity a necessity? I thought the birds kept themselves warm? btw, we don't have a...
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    Coop location - do I need to have a visual from the house?

    I'm going to be starting a small backyard flock in the spring (4 Rhode Island Reds are the plan and first time ever having chickens) and I'm in the coop planning phase. I'm trying to decide where to place the coop and I have a few options: A. Next to the house (about 5 feet from the master...
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