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Do they have a heat source? They'll need one til they're around 4 months. (less if it weren't in the dead of winter) I would hook up an extension cord and put a light in their coop. Good Luck!

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It's not about being lazy, Cyn. It's about being ignorant. To them, this is their first line of attack when starting to research. And most are in panic mode and rely on the old timers here for sound advice.

A closed flock just means that NO new birds can come in. ...that means no auction birds, no day old chicks, no swapping birds.. not even from NPIP flocks, etc. You flock is self-sustaining and this will help prevent disease from creeping into your farm. edited to say: I think this is what it...

I admit I am still learning very much about the diseases and sickness part of raising fowl and thank goodness my education is not coming from the way some of you had to learn. MP, "leisure" was absolutely the wrong word to use. I have a knack at doing that. I just meant that I, as small...

I usually agree with everything that you say, MP. You know Im your biggest fan but I don't raise mine for meat and don't sell my eggs for consumption. Not everyone on here does... and our situations are all different. We cannot diagnose someones flock over the internet and I don't think it...

Quote: I agree that it is our responsibility to our flock and to others to maintain health in our birds and cull that which cannot be cured but I feel very strongly that too many are suggesting we all kill our entire flock at the fist sign of illness. I know chickens do not get colds but they...