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    want to get chicks but worries about the heat...

    Roxsam, if I were you, I would look on Craig's list for your area under "Farm and Garden" for sale. You should be able to find a local breeder with no problem. Another option is your local farmer's market. The ones with yard eggs will often have something hatching. Good luck!
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    I put some fertile eggs underneath her...JUNE 6th- PICS ON PG 6

    It's one of the most wonderful things in the world a day or so before hatching to hear the baby chicks peeping from inside of their shells! I guess they move around the same time. But to hear the peeps...just can't explain the joy. Have fun!
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    Please help my chick can't stand up

    Thank you all so much for your kind and timely advice. The chick eventually started to refuse food and water. It was time; I couldn't see starvation as a humane and viable option. I thought about the scissors, but didn't know if I could do it. Instead, I put him in an airtight plastic box...
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    Please help my chick can't stand up

    Dear Morag -- thanks for the encouragement. I have him in a small container with a paper towel crumpled up under him. His spirits seem improved being with his brothers and sisters. If he takes a turn for the worse and culling becomes the only option, what is a humane way to kill him? I've...
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    Please help my chick can't stand up

    I, too, have a chick who won't stand up. I'd like to post a picture, but am not sure how. Anyway, I just had a great hatching -- 90%! Sadly, one little guy just sits there and can't stand up. He doesn't even spread out his toes to stabilize himself. He doesn't walk, just hops a little...
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