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    Butchering 8 week old mixed breed

    Does anyone ever eat mixed breed birds at around 8 weeks? They are currently bigger than a quail but smaller than a wood duck.....I know they won't have a lot of meat, but I don't care to fool with slaughtering older cockerels and I can currently tell them from the hens. A waste or are they...
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    Finally outside in new coop!!!

    Yeah, like I said, this is phase one....I just had to get them out of the brooder. I'll be extending the coop about twice as wide and enclosing one side for wind protection. I've read a lot about folks not liking chicken wire, and if I experience problems, I'll have to make adjustments. But...
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    Finally outside in new coop!!!

    Well, five weeks in and no dead chicks yet! My 37 little ones were getting a bit cramped in their 3ft X 6ft brooder, so we built them a new home (phase 1). They have been outside for two nights here in south Alabama with temps in the upper 30's one night and upper 40's the next. They seem to...
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    When do I move my chicks outside?

    I'm going to semi-hijack this as my question is almost identical. I started with 37 chicks, anticipating losing some since this is my first time with chickens. Nope. I must be doing something right (feeding fermented feed, keeping the temps right, etc) because they are growing fast and I...
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    One week in....

    And of my 37 chicks I brought home, 37 are still alive!!! My first week has been quite a learning experience. Thank you all for your suggestions. We are now on fermented feed, have got the light/heat situation figured out (or at least not so bent out of shape about it!), have upgraded to...
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    A few more questions....

    They seem to have figured it out and are tearing it up!
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    A few more questions....

    So, in taking some of your advice, I took the rest of my chick starter and covered it with water in a plastic garbage can to ferment. I rigged up some empty cups that yogurt come in for my kids as feeding bowls, gorilla glued them to a piece of 1x6. I put some of the moistened feed in the cups...
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    New guy with a few questions

    I am currently feeding the medicated chick starter from the Co-op.  Would I be correct to assume that for the fermented feed, I should use non-medicated chick feed?
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    New guy with a few questions

    Thank you all for the replies. So, I'll start just giving regular water and try the fermented feed. I have two lights on because it's been getting down to 32 here at night. A large area of the brooder is away from the lights and they have been pretty active, not staying in one place or...
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    New guy with a few questions

    I have had my chicks for three nights now and haven't had one die on me yet.....so I'm excited about that. Please see the pics of my setup below. My brooder is 3'x6'. I build it from a design I found on this sight. I have a few questions I'd like to ask of the more knowledgeable among you...
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    New Guy Here

    I will! I know my sister in law has some RIRs and Barred Rocks. Mine will all be muts, but I can't wait to see what they grow to be!
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    New Guy Here

    Hello! I'm new to the chicken world and can't wait to learn a lot. I recently got my buddy to incubate and hatch some eggs I got from my sister-in-law. I've got 37 chicks in a 3'x6' brooder I built. Last night was their first night out of the incubator, and I didn't kill any. That's a plus...
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