hot weather chicks

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  2. elephantapple

    hot weather. is heat lamp necessary?

    we just picked up our baby chicks from the post office yesterday morning. we are keeping them in our sunroom which varies a few degrees from the weather outside. we live in vancouver, wa and the weather here has been high 90’s with a low of 60° at night. now i know to keep the heat lamp on for...
  3. Chicken Coop Build in a Permaculture Food Forest

    Chicken Coop Build in a Permaculture Food Forest

    With a lot of help from Back Yard Chickens in the last two years, our flock is happily thriving. Two years ago I submitted my design plans to Back Yard Chickens and I’m so grateful for the extensive suggestions for changes. I cringe to think of my original plans with walls and little windows (in...
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  4. JShepherd

    Raising Chicks without heat in the summer

    I raised about 40 to 50 chicks last year in a large brooder in my garage, starting the first group in about March. When they were old enough I moved them to a separate outdoor small coop with a hoop run, then let them free range with all of my other adults (I had sold all but 10). My problem...
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