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    Heat and chickens

    I do think my chickens struggle when it’s hot but… People often say don’t heat your coop in the winter. The chickens will acclimate. I think that’s true. I think the reverse is also mostly true? Unless you live in a super hot place where the temps get well above 90F, I think following the...
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Afternoon siesta!
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    Hello! Moving to Plainfield, IL and excited to be able to keep chickens!

    Welcome, I’m from Rockford. There’s an Illinois thread here somewhere.
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    How well do your electric fences work?

    I have a pretty normal livestock setup that is also effective for chickens. Alternating hot / ground wires (I think 3” apart, would have to check). Zareba charger. With small chickens, we’ve had some escapees in the past but they either learn or grow quickly enough that they eventually see it...
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    How to move our cockerel

    I’d keep him in a cage, separated from the hens for a week or so. Even if the hens didn’t attack him, it would be a good idea to keep him in there for a while so he won’t run away.
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    Barred Plymouth Rock hen or roo

    I would agree with you, they are roosters. I have 6, six month old barred plymouth rock roosters and 32 hens. At least so far, I haven’t seen any real fights. They started hitting maturity around two-three weeks ago.
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    Insomniacs unite!

    Not to derail the thread but what is too hot for chickens? We got our first chickens last year and we didn’t have a proper enclosed chicken coop until winter.
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    Insomniacs unite!

    Anyone tried a diet change to fix sleeping problems? I’ve had problems falling asleep for about a year. Just over a year ago I started sleeping normally again. I’ve got Crohn’s disease and a couple years ago I went low carb. At the same time, I basically went vegetarian, with very little meat...
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    Does Anyone Date Stamp Their Eggs?

    We use paper egg cartons and write the date on the side.
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    what brand and kind of incubator is best?

    For that maticoopx, I wouldn’t say it’s difficult to close, you just have to align it properly when closing. I think it was more of a user issue, although some sensor would have been nice to detect broken seal and alert somehow. Overall I think a lot of it depends how many eggs you’re planning...
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    what brand and kind of incubator is best?

    I bought a maticoopx 30-egg incubator on Amazon. Looks like it’s as well rated as the kebonnix. Sounds kind of the same, maybe the same manufacturer? I had 27 eggs of which 21 hatched back in January. The lid didn’t quite close right one night, which I think affected the hatch rate (there’s a...
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    Dog thread!🐾

    Tessa, our Anatolian chicken coop guardian, was at a dog show this weekend in Marietta, OH. She did good!
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    Faulty Hens or Faulty Chicken Boxes?

    I forgot to mention… They also free range for at least 4 hours a day, so grass and grub that they find.
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    Faulty Hens or Faulty Chicken Boxes?

    Just about anything. I’d say 60% home left overs (I’ve got a couple sources), the rest is a mixture of corn, oats and chicken feed. I supplement them with ground up egg shells pretty much every meal (unless I forget). The egg shells they lay is pretty much what they get back. Yes! Here’s also...
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    Faulty Hens or Faulty Chicken Boxes?

    Hi Everyone, I have two three-hole chicken nest boxes that were purchased on Amazon. Chinese design, not branded, plenty of copy cats of it. The problem that I have with it is the depth of the collection box. It’s slanted, no problems with eggs rolling down. Plenty of times I’ve seen chickens...
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    What’s your (or your chickens) favorite type of roost bar?

    I use 2x3s with the wide side up. I thought about this when initially setting things up in the coop, and my thought process was that 2x4s are wider and may require more cleaning. 2x3s are sufficiently wide for chickens to roost comfortably.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    18 today. Since our hens started producing eggs last year we've been keeping the count. I've been eyeballing the feed for a couple of weeks (instead of measuring...) and I think it shows.
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    Anyone else worried about microplastics in their chickens?

    The fact that plastic can cross the blood brain barrier freaks me out. I’ve listened to a podcast recently from a well known scientist, Andrew Huberman, in which he outlines ways you can reduce the amount of plastic getting inside the body. I’m keeping my chickens away from plastic. If it...
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    Nighttime Routine

    Thank you for those tips, Mrs K! I decided to roll the dice tonight and see what happens if I leave the coop open after giving them food for the night. The more-or-less usual scenario happened, where all of the hens went into the coop and a couple of pullets, and the rest stayed behind. I did...
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    Nighttime Routine

    Hi Everyone, Our flock consists of: 22 1-year old Golden Comets hens 10 4-month old Plymouth Rock hens 6 4-month old Plymouth Rock roosters 1 Mixed breed rooster We've never had chickens before until just over year ago, when we got the Golden Comets. With them, at some point in time last year...
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