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    Eye Problem

    We have one like this too. Browsing forum posts and hoping for some solutions!
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    Quick question! I don't have time to browse threads!

    OK, so I just found this gem of a link: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/503722/how-to-put-day-old-chicks-under-a-broody-hen And I'm working through it. Anyone have any input on heating though? My broody mama hen has chosen to brood on the ground under the coop. It's raised up about 18...
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    Quick question! I don't have time to browse threads!

    OK, we had some losses. We also have a broody hen and a rare opportunity to just get a few day-old chicks. Can I just take the day olds and stick them under her? Will she think she hatched them and raise them as her own? Also, we are out on the olympic peninsula....daytime highs are 60 at...
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    Introduction and Call for Advice :)

    We just clip one but they still are roosting in the trees where the lower branch is 7 feet up. Every night we have to put two of them in the coop because they go to sleep on the roof. Thank you for all of the breed advice. It is really overwhelming to try and read every thread about quiet...
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    Heating in a small coop

    My girls had a really hard time with the ramp up into the coop. It was their first experience with anything except level ground so we ended up putting little pieces of wood crosswise on it so they had better footing. Now that they're laying, they don't even use the ramp anymore so we took it out...
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    Introduction and Call for Advice :)

    Hello everyone! My name is A and my husband and I have city chickens in the Pacific Northwest. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? *Yes, we are fairly new to chickens. We got our first little chicks in spring of 2013, moved them out to their coop in August, and have...
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