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    Problems merging new chicks with older ones

    Thank you for replying. We don't have anywhere to put the older ones other then bringing them back in the house and they are too big. I have been out of work and no money for fencing or anything to keep them separate or the skills to put it up. I will try to find some Blue-Kote, though...
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    Problems merging new chicks with older ones

    We are very upset here. We raised three "pullets" - and one turned out to be a rooster (they are silver-laced wyandottes). They are big now and 12 weeks old. Then we got two Colombian Rock Cross chicks. They are SO sweet and meek and run and jump in our laps when we let them out of the...
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    Can Chicks be Spoiled?!

    I can't wait to get some homegrown eggs! We do have a side-door brooder (an old guinea pig cage). Ours are tame as far as if we sit on the floor they will come peck at our clothes and shoes, but they hate to be caught and picked up. We try to be very gentle and let them see our hand for a...
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    Can Chicks be Spoiled?!

    Thanks for the tips! It doesn't actually feel 90 and they seem comfortable, pecking and walking all around the brooder, playing with bits of paper. They do seem to sleep at the other end from it, though, and I think next week we will cut it off in the daytime. We take them out a few times a...
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    Can Chicks be Spoiled?!

    We do have the light on 24 hours as it said they needed 90 degrees in their second week. It's been chilly here in Georgia. The funny thing about the light - or not so funny - is that we bought a red bulb but in less than 24 hours it had turned bright white. It's so hot I'm afraid to put a...
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    Can Chicks be Spoiled?!

    Well I feel better to know they can want us to be in there with them! They are so much fun and we are enjoying them more than we thought - my kids just sit with them and watch them quite a lot, and I join them when I can. I DO wish they would not wake me up so often, especially considering the...
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    Can Chicks be Spoiled?!

    Our chicks have been with us about 10 days and were newly hatched the day before we got them. They have a nice clean pen in our house - my kids are in love with them and clean out every little poo they make LOL! I don't have a thermometer, but we have a heat lamp at one end of the long brooder...
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