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Hi all! This is my second year raising chicks and I have been using pine shavings in my brooder for the chicks. The shavings are comfortable, warm, and smell nice, but it's really annoying for the chicks to kick into the water and the feeder. I'm constantly having to empty it out. Should I...

I got my chicks from a local ranch store. I've never gotten a blue laced red wyandotte before, but this chick seems a bit dark to me. As it gets older I'm seeing a lot of white and a lot of black. What do you guys think, did they sell me a silver laced??? First picture is from their first day...

I have three chickens that started laying about a week and a half ago. Between the three of them we got six eggs within about four days. Now all the eggs have stopped. I rather doubt that they have all concurrently stopped laying, but this is my first experience with chickens. Is it normal...

Today we finished putting a door and a kick board on our pre-fabricated store bought coop and it's time for the girls to spend their first night outside. They're a little over 7 weeks old now and I'm sure they'll be fine, but this new chicken mom is in for a rough night! They've been spending...

I've got three girls who are almost ready to leave the brooder and move out into the great outdoors! I've got one of those waterers with an open tray at the bottom and they kick stuff into it CONSTANTLY. I've seen those nipple waterers at feed supply stores and I couldn't help but wonder...

I got three Wyandotte chicks from the local farm store about three weeks ago. They were around a week old at that time and all began at the same size. Two of them are now very large and are right on schedule with their feathering. The last little one is about half the size of the others and...