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    Something took 14 of my best chickens!!!

    Thanks everyone for the useful tips! I checked out the premier electric poultry fencing and also some welding wire so they cant dig under. Should be safe for future chickens and the ones I have left. Luckily I have some baby chicks in a different secure shed for now. All that was left were the...
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    Something took 14 of my best chickens!!!

    I had a coop chicken door built. Apparently not strong enough. Something crawled under the chicken wire fence built for their play pen and got inside. Could have been any animal since we live outside of town. But 14 Chickens!! Ugh what could eat so many????? The hole was kind of big so I am...
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    bantam dottes - all boys?

    Just curious how old these are? My bantams are taking forever too grow compared too most other breeds.
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    Baby Bantam Chicks Growth

    My babies are 2.5 weeks old and have barely grown at all. Esp compared the the Reds and Meatys. Which I get meatys grow fast!!! But they are still about the size of day one, well a lil bigger. I feel like I will have too keep them inside my home for a month or two till they grow too the size of...
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    2 week old chicks and 3 day old chicks introducing etc....

    I kept mine separated till they were around 3 wks. Some were about 2 wks older at 1st but it also depends on the size n type. Having several in together and too big of chicks with the little can cause problems. When they get scared and stampede the tiny ones can get trampled over. I think that...
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    Chicks playing Rambo!

    My chicks are very playful it seems. They run at each other and kind of bump each other in the chest while flying up into the air a little ways. Is that normal or are they fighting? They are only around 4 wks old so figure they are playing, testing one another, or a way of how chicks say hello...
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    New babies

    My chicks are almost 4 weeks (rhode island reds and mix) and wondering when I can move them into the barn with a heat lamp? The fry pan meat chicks are huge, messy, and loud. They always act like they are starving which I think from what I read, is normal. But ready for them too go out. It has...
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    New baby chicks

    So with new chicks do you try n keep all the ages together or by breed? I have chicks that are about 2 weeks and a few that or 3.5 I think. Anyways, the older ones have got their feathers and are flying all across their brooder (tote home) and wondering if I should separate them? The others...
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    New too raising baby chicks, need Help!

    That is perfect! Just what I need!!! That chick stand will make my life so much easier! lol Thank you sooo much!
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    Is it really this complicated? Feeling a bit overwhelmed!

    How do u keep the baby chicks from getting the pine shavings in their water dish?
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    New too raising baby chicks, need Help!

    The baby chicks keep getting the pine shavings in their water dishes. Then the pine soaks up all the water and they are left without while I am gone. I have been cleaning it out 4-8 times daily and refilling it. I put a dish underneath and newspaper yet they somehow fill that up with pine...
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    New to raising Meat Bird

    Thanks! That helps a lot!! One more question...when raising baby chicks in the brooder house I have put in a typical chick water dish from Orshelins. They keep getting it full of pine shavings so I am cleaning it out 4-8 times daily!! How can I stop that problem?
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    New to raising Meat Bird

    I purchased 5 pan fry chicks from Orshelins. New too the whole experience of raising chickens. Wondering how long do u raise them before eating? Im guessing a year but see between 5-8 weeks from what I am reading but that's just barely old enough when they go from inside too a barn without a...
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