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    Very loud chirping chick - should I be concerned?

    Hi there and welcome! I am no experienced chicken-raiser by any means, but when I had that problem with my Barred Rock, I had to put it down to her being attention-loving in the end. She peeped at the top of her lungs right through her chick-days, and she has carried her attention-loving...
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    New chicken mama

    Hello and welcome! I am vaguely jealous as I cast my mind back to 16 weeks ago when I too was a "new chicken mama". The first six weeks of raising them was very special ... Though every week I have fallen more in love with my girls. Chickens are AMAZING suffice to say, but it was also a...
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    Hello and meet my chicken-children

    Hi everyone and Teila, my fellow Aussie :) Nice to meet you all and enjoy/share chicken tales. Yes, my girls are spoilt! We have a neighbour nearby who has chooks and doesn't even given them names... he would think I'm crazy if he saw me lying on my lawn singing to my girls, ha ha.
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    Hello and meet my chicken-children

    Hi everyone, I haven't got around to introducing myself, though I have been on the forum for about 11 weeks, ever since purchasing three peeping fluffy things in a shoebox late last year. My life has changed. Never had chickens before and am totally in love with these hilarious creatures. I...
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    Holding chickens - training and technique advice

    Quick hello to CharB Thanks for sharing the stories of your chicken cuddles... So wonderful. Made me smile. Yes indeed for me too, these three little birds in my backyard have stolen my heart. The best moments are when they come to you of their own free will and want to be with you. Thanks :)
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    Holding chickens - training and technique advice

    Just a quick update... I am pleased to say I have found the technique which is working best, thanks to all the advice - sliding my hand under, securing feet and then containing under my arm, football style. The question of why to pick them up... Well, I have been thinking about this and my...
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    Holding chickens - training and technique advice

    Oh wow, that's so interesting about how others do it... I petted them on the backs because it was recommended somewhere on a post here and also on some YouTube videos... The idea was to "press gently on the backs" to mimic a rooster and thus the hen would sit down in submission, and then pick...
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    Holding chickens - training and technique advice

    Everyone's advice is so helpful, thanks. As much as I want to hold them, chickens are not exactly cats or dogs, huh. They are definately chickens!!! Ha ha. I am trying to balance my expectations and wishes with respecting them as the wilful little souls they are! My chickens do already come to...
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    Holding chickens - training and technique advice

    Thanks everyone. The advice to start young is great but too late (although ten weeks is still young, I suppose). I have also realised that I need to be calm and "in charge" so working on that too. I liked the advice to be firm and not give in to their tantrums, like children :) I have never had...
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    Holding chickens - training and technique advice

    Hi everyone, I am new to chickens - my three girls are ten weeks old and the highlight of my life at the moment, ha ha! They are very socialised, having been with me since day-old and raised inside the house until 6 weeks. They like to sit on my lap and hang around me, but I never picked them...
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    Is it too late to start holding my chickens?

    Hi, it's been a few months since you posted, so I hope your chickens have become friendlier. I am learning too (just started keeping chickens) and have found so far that time spent with them is the most valuable thing. I try to balance my training time with just sitting with them, just letting...
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    Confused about deep litter - dry or moist? DE or not?

    Thanks everyone for helping me untangle the advice. So it's sounds like what I have done is okay, and I just have to work it out by trial and error. All info was helpful, especially the comment about the wet sponge, and the comparison between getting "compost" and "dry shavings" at the end of...
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    Confused about deep litter - dry or moist? DE or not?

    Hi everyone, first-time chicken momma here... LOVING raising my three chicks and have got lots of invaluable help from this forum so far, so thanks! My question is about deep litter... I have decided to try this method, but am getting lots of conflicting advice on this forum as well as other...
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    Very loud chirping chick - should I be concerned?

    I am having the same problem - a very loud mouth Plymouth Rock, nearly 4 weeks old. She's in the brooder with two others who are quiet peepers and seem happy, so it's hard to figure out what she needs. But this has been very helpful forum... I put the temperature up and they finally settled. I...
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