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Ok, I'm new here about chicks. My chicks are staying away most of the time during the day from the heat lamp, they are going into their fifth week. During the day it's 74 in the room. Should I turn the lamp off during the day? I think they're mostly feather out and are cold weather breeds. I...

Hi, I put a small log (2") on a wooden block on each end and my chicks that I got 7 days ago love it! They even fall asleep on it and look like they are dead. They seem older than one week old. But then this is my first batch of chicks.

How soon Can you give chicks boiled eggs?when do you give them probiotics?

Hi all, I got my chicks yesterday and I was surprised to see instead of three I received five. They are so sweet but I'm like a new mother, nervous that I won't do things correctly. They seem to be happy. I already had to clean a pasty butt, but thanks to all the good information out there I...