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Ya I have been coming from above instead of from the sidei It's just so wierd because when I do get them they like me holding them but I could put it down and try to get it again immediatley and it gets scared. So weird. And when I catch one they ALL stop chirping it's total silence. lol

Why does everyone's chickens come to them and get in their hands and play and mine freak out and run like crazy from me? When I catch them and believe me this can take awhile they try to get away at first but affter a bit they are okay. And if I go to catch the same one again it's just as scared...

I would put them inside but I am worried if one of the heat lamps fall and breaks that it would catch fire to the shavings causing my house to catch fire. Yes a little over worried but rather be safe than sorry. I normally wouldn't even be worried about it but it did happen to a family here. The...

Well I got the 15 more yesterday. (NH reds) So now I have 24 including the ones I didn't lose. I went ahead and moved them from the 3 ft tank to a 6 foot tank. Instead of all the heat lamps I'm using one heat and one regular bulb. Went out there today and they were all spread out eating...

I lost 22 of my 31 birds and when I called their 800 number I recieved credit for the ones I lost and the ones I might lose by the first person I talked too. Great customer service. Not happy about the chicks but very happy with the people.

One more question. I am going to go pick up 15 more today at a local farm supply store. They will be NH Reds and they are 1 week and 1 day old. Will that be ok to mix them with my 4-5 day old chicks?

Thanks everyone I guess I'll give it another shot. Wish me luck.

The temp I gave was the air temp where I live. I figured it was too hot for them. The water was almost too hot to touch from the heat lamps. I am hetting 15 more today so that should put me at 24. And about the compressed wood flakes I don't know what kind they are but you might be on to...

Ok this is my first time ever to raise chickens. I decided I would give it a try and see how it went. I talked to alot of people and they told me what a great experience it is. So I went for it. I ordered 31 chickens and they arrived on Monday morning from Murray McMurray. When I opend the box 2...