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    ordering chicks

    What do you think of "hybrid" chickens (chicks) and should I order some and if so, where would I order them?
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    off balance

    I seem to have a 6 month old chicken who is "off balance" all of the sudden. Should I be worried?
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    worming

    Should I be worming my chickens twice a year? My neighbor does, but I never have... just wondering.
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    getting baby chicks

    I got 25 baby chicks last spring and they're doing great and then I got 25 more baby chicks in the fall. Is fall a bad time to get chicks? This bunch just hasn't seemed as healthy.
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    scratch

    How often should I feed my flock scratch for good nutrition? I'm giving it to them everyday and I'm beginning to think that's too much. Maybe they should spend more time eating their good organic food. Is giving them too much scratch like is eating too much chocolate?
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    Carnivorous babies

    We seem to have our 5 week olds all of the sudden peaking at each other in a very serious way! We have 25 of these new birds, 5 of them Araconas. The Araconas are being pecked at (almost eaten! yuck!) on their lower backs. I've raised a lot of babies before, but have never seen anything like...
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    plugged vent?

    Thank you for the responses yesterday about my hen (with what I thought was a plugged vent and she was full of eggs). She was actually FULL of super hard yellow huge round things which looked like scrambled eggs tumors ~ could this happen??? I turned her upside down on my lap and tried to...
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    plugged vent?

    Yikes ~ I think I have a hen with a plugged vent! She is huge and feels FULL of eggs. What should I do??
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    missing eggs

    I have 11 laying hens and we usually get around 7 -8 eggs/day. Lately we've been letting our hens out during the day to roam around the pasture. They still have 2 access doors to get back into their coop and nesting boxes. Lately we've gotten very few eggs. Could they be laying their eggs out...
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    chicks dying

    Hi ~ I have 28 three week old layers who are doing great, but also have 25 two week old Jumbo Cornish Rock Cross chicks. They were doing fine until 3 days ago and I've had 1 Jumbo Cornish Rock Cross chick die every morning for the last three days. I'm not sure what's wrong. Any suggestions?
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    plugged bums

    I have 28 3 day old baby chicks and 2 of them started to get messy and plugged little bums today. Should I just try to keep these clean with warm water and a towel. How concerned should I be?
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    chick body temperature

    My newest batch of chicks will be 5 days old on Sunday and it's suppose to be 90 degrees that day. They have been staying in a room (in the outdoor coop) with a heat lamp at night. I'm concerned about them getting too hot during the day with these high temperatures. Should I keep them inside...
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    How old should my babies be?

    How old do my chicks have to be before I put them in the coop with the full grown hens?
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    Introducing chickens

    I have 10 2 year old hens and need to introduce 3 more (2 year old hens) to the flock. What is the best way to do this?
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