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    Installing windows backwards in Midwest

    I did look at old threads and saw several people mentioned installing windows backwards. Is this something you can/ would be OK to do in the Midwest where we get lots of snow? Fall and spring are very capricious so we might have great weather for a week, then it snows in May! Any downside to...
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    Portable tractor question in predator heavy environment

    I'm a newbie to backyard chickens. We're moving our 5 weeks babies out to a shed run while we build the coop and run. I would like them to be able to range, but we're in an area that doesn't allow chickens to be outside and also we wouldn't in any case because we have hawks, foxes, mink, and...
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    Is it too early to go outside?

    I'm in northern Illinois, and temps are forecasted to be around 50 this week for lows. We'd like our 5 week chicks to go to an enclosed shed with a radiant heater this week. I'm not sure what fully feathered means, but they definitely have bald spots under their wings. We took the brooder and...
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    Hi!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Very new! Have week and a half old chickens in my family room in an enclosure (storage bin) because my 10 year old son successfully lobbied my husband for chickens :) I was and am not super enthusiastic because poop. (2) How many...
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    Very large flat hardware mesh roof

    Hi there! New member with week old chicks in my basement brooder, frantically building a coop and run! Here is my question for anyone who is handy and has built a really large run. We're going to build a super large run, and want a very large run off a shed turned coop. The area would be maybe...
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