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    Hi

    Done, Thank you!
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    Contagious Pate butt?

    Thank you! This is really helpful. I have them in a wooden coop, it's 70-75 under the lamp and 50-60 near the sides, but I do have the food and water under the lamp as I didn't want them to have to be cold if they needed food or water, so I'll move those. I'll also give them a few days of plain...
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    Contagious Pate butt?

    I'll pick some up at the store today. Thanks.
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    Hi

    Ha, Ha, I wish! Nothing ever seems to go to plan, so at this point I'm just going with the flow and trying to stay on top of stuff.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Hi, I'm new to this site, but I've been keeping chickens outside of Auburn, WA for about three years now.
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    Hi

    Hello, I live in western Washington in a small house on a quarter acre. I try to grow most of my own food including chickens. In previous years they have just been for eggs. However, this year I've done some coop renovations and bought some multi-purpose chicks hoping to get some meat.
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    Contagious Pate butt?

    Last week I purchased 12 day old chicks from my local feed store. One of them wasn't growing as fast as the others and kept getting paste butt. When I checked on them yesterday evening she was dead. I figured it was some kind of intestinal abnormality and wasn't worried about it. However, this...
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