chick roosting

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5/6/12 at 4:38pm

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i know that when they are chickens they need roosting poles, but do the need them as very young chicks?

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5/6/12 at 4:40pm

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Nope. They don't need any roosts when they are young.

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AnnElise Clark

~Chickens are like potato chips, you can't just have one!~

Silver Laced Wyandotte's, Silkies, Ameraucana's, Easter Egger's, Belgian d'anvers, Leghorns, California Whites, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, one Black Jersey Giant rooster, Guinea's, Ducks, and one Sweetgrass turkey tom.

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5/6/12 at 4:48pm

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They dont need them but is it ok to have them?

Can't wait until may 7: I will be a chicken owner for the first time!!!!!!!!

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5/6/12 at 5:14pm

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From Kansas!

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Mark 11:22-23

"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

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5/6/12 at 5:19pm

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It won't hurt to have them, they will jump up and down before they start roosting. Anything that's a distraction in the brooder is good!

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We have a dozen different breeds of chickens and we love them all!

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5/6/12 at 5:26pm

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& from Alabama. Glad you joined us.

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Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
The Golden Girls "Long Day's Journey Into Marinara"

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5/6/12 at 5:53pm

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Hello and

It's fine for the chicks to have a roost in their brooder, but they most likely won't use it.

We had one, and the little chicks would use it as a foothold in their attempts to escape from the brooder. lol

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"I'm looking at nuclear power, not weapons - there's an 87% difference." ; )

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5/6/12 at 5:56pm

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Hi and

from Ohio. So glad to have you aboard.

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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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5/6/12 at 5:58pm

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Welcome to BYC from MI!

At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino

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At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino

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5/7/12 at 10:24am