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    Info for Maine/NH

    Finally found a feed store in area that carries and will order Diatomaceous Earth. All the threads about this product and I couldn't find anyone who carries FOOD GRADE? Not sure if others in area having same issue? Orderd on line but was rather expensive. Got it here www.thecritterbarn.com...
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    first egg

    My first Egg !! So excited. Got jealous of all the others that had posts so had to add mine -haha
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    Hen maturity

    Do some hens mature faster than others? Same age,(18 weeks) same breed(White Rock). One has a larger, redder comb and wattle than the others but does not show any other traits of a Roo. Size, crowing etc. Have two other Roos of different breeds that are definately Roos.
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    Darkness

    Have seven week old chicks that have never known darkness since they have been in a brooder with heat lamp - put them in Coop with lamp almost two weeks ago. I live in New England so it is still cold at night 30-40. For that matter - Really has been much warmer in day!! We had one warm night...
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    Treats

    Need opinions on what the best treats are for one week old chicks - I've read a lot of members using hard boiled eggs and meal worms - anything else that is a treat and good for them? are greens to early for them? I have been using chick starter - so haven't been needing any grit yet - afraid...
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    help - foot injury

    One of the 4 day old chicks has a cut on toe. Looks red and black. She favors the leg and stands on one. Is this bumblefoot??? I washed it and put on some bacitracin. Do I need to wrap it? Anything else I can do?
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    white rocks

    Got a shipment of White Rocks peeps - hatchery must have sent a lot more than ordered, for temperature, due to the cold spell in New England?? Heard that they add males for warmth?? The added number seems to correspond to a pronounced red stain where their combs will be? Does that signify that...
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