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    Mass laws on giving away chicks

    Thank you all for your insights and suggestions! The "as premiums" part does seem to be key. I will be talking with our principal soon, so we'll see what happens. We hatched them last year and it was amazingly rewarding. Our district is going crazy with new regulations and such this year...
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    Mass laws on giving away chicks

    Last time, our custodian took half and a teacher took the rest. Thank you!
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    Mass laws on giving away chicks

    Hello, My school district has decided not to allow the hatching of chicks in the classroom anymore. The main reason cited is Mass Law, Chap 272, Sec 80D (see below). Do I understand correctly that we would have to keep the chicks in the classroom for two months before we would be able to give...
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    new chick - neck swelling, falling over

    Thank you for your help. I was able to get fluids into him and get the temperature regulated, but he was just too weak and passed away in the evening.
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    new chick - neck swelling, falling over

    Thank you! Yes, please, I am more than willing to invest the time to save the little guy if possible. I brought him to the vet this morning. They kept an eye on him all day and gave him fluids via IV. She said that the pocket is called the crop and explained it is for storing and digesting...
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    1st time classroom hatch

    Sadly, little Cheep Cheep just died. He was doing so well this morning and all day, but he began to go downhill quickly. This evening he looked very unwell, laying down a lot and not cheeping much. I left him for the night, separating him from the other two chicks in the box. A few minutes...
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    1st time classroom hatch

    The little chick with the open navel is doing extremely well. Hooray, Cheep Cheep! Unfortunately, the dirty chick, Pig-Pen, is not doing well at all. I posted about it in the emergency forum: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=60803 Basically, he has a big swelling on...
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    new chick - neck swelling, falling over

    Hi everyone, I have a new chick - 2 days old - that is not looking well. He walks around, eats, drinks and chirps. His head seems like it's too heavy for him and he toddles when he walks, sometimes falling over. He was pretty messy when he hatched and never really fluffed up because he was...
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    1st time classroom hatch

    Wow! Man, you guys are the greatest. Thank you for the nice welcome! Let me see if I can answer all of your questions... The little guy is doing great! I put the cream on every few hours last night and today. He just drank water by himself for the first time and I got him eating, too...
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    1st time classroom hatch

    Hi everyone, My classroom neighbor and I had our first ever classroom hatch this week. It was very exciting! We both teach first grade. We incubated 24 leghorn chick eggs. So far we have 14 chicks. We began with a dozen in each incubator. After candling at 8 days, we each removed two...
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