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    Worm

    I found this worm in pine shavings of my coop. The floor is 2 feet off the ground. Is it a worm of concern? Thank you.
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    Worried about my week old chick!

    Unfortunately he did not make it. Just wouldn't eat. He went from being maybe 2/3 the size of the others to 1/2 in 24 hours. The others just eat eat eat. He just stood there. I may have over did it trying to help him. I need to figure what the balance of helping and keeping stress to a minimum...
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    Worried about my week old chick!

    The thing is, it used to lie down like the rest, now it just stands.
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    Worried about my week old chick!

    Here is a pic of the little one in the newly expanded/divided brooder. I ended up with 5 others, there were two others, but one wouldn't stop chirping even though every other bird was asleep, and the other I removed because it was aggressive. He/she sleeps standing up, I keep thinking it is...
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    Worried about my week old chick!

    I have a similar situation, 50 1 week old chicks, we already lost one within the first 24 hours, but that was Friday. I may have expedited it's demise not knowing what to do. At least I hope I learned something. The rest seemed healthy, a few bigger than the others. A tiny chick caught my...
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    Any Sweeter Heater users?

    Can an 11x30 sweeter heater keep 50 week old chicks warm enough with ambient temps in the 30s and 40s? I'm keeping them in an attached garage which makes me uneasy using 250 watt bulbs.
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    Heat lamp on while not home?

    I have two 250 watt heat lamps. My 50 one day old broiler chicks arrive tomorrow. This is my first time, and here in northern VT, it has been dipping into the teens and 20s at night. My brooder is set up in the garage and ready to go, the garage got down to 34 last night. I turned the heat lamp...
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    Fermenting Feed for Large Flock

    My next question, perhaps my last, is how do I know I fed them enough? I have a generic spec sheets on what to expect, but since fermenting changes things, how would I know? I have 12 weeks, 12.5 if I'm in a bind. I don't want processing day to come and have all 3lb birds. Before I forget...
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    Fermenting Feed for Large Flock

    When the birds get ready to move out of the brooder, I'm moving them to a chicken tractor of this design: . He uses a pvc pipe right down the middle, but I'm wondering if the acidity of the fermented feed would be a bad combination with pvc. Does the food stay in there long enough to matter?
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    Fermenting Feed for Large Flock

    My day old chicks arrive on Friday, and I've watched a bunch of videos and read articles, but I'm trying to pull all this together with regards to what my options are. We are buying organic feed, and the feed store here only has starter mash and started pellets, I bought the mash. I also bought...
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    Fermenting Feed for Large Flock

    Thanks for the input. Sounds like 5 gallon buckets will suit me fine. My wife is obsessed with plastic, and fermenting does create an acid solution, so I'm running with these large mouth glass carboys, which the price is fine since I can use them for beer, hard cider, etc, etc. Dual purpose...
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    Fermenting Feed for Large Flock

    I'm new raising chickens and I'd like to know how many pounds of dried feed can fit in a 5 gallon bucket for fermenting? Half full doesn't tell me what I need to know. I'm trying to calculate how many buckets I need for 50 meat birds. Thank you.
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