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Went to visit and hand feed my girls, 8 of 4 different breeds, and found a single egg. We hadn't expected any until next month, August 2021, and had not set up Nesting boxes. All 8 girls usually clump together to sleep at night in the coop, even though there are roosting poles. So I was happily...

My 4 week old chicks are obviously growing in their adult feathers, but they look very greasy. Is this normal? I'm not sure if chickens as a whole wash in water, or not. Anyone?

1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Brand new at this, it's been 9 days since we brought the chicks home. We lost 2 in the 1st 3 days. We think from runny poop clogging up their back end. But through this community we fixed that. We ground their pellets up and added a...