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    Do I need to separate baby chicks from the rest of the flock?

    Free-range chicks: my mama has turned out to be great with the three chicks that she hatched out. She kept them in the roosting and laying hutch at first, and I put water and chick food in there for them. She made sure they were tucked away under her before the rest of the flock came to roost...
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    Do I need to separate baby chicks from the rest of the flock?

    I am happy to hear that I may be able to leave my hen and chicks with the rest of the flock. Currently mama and the one hatched chick are in the nesting box with another egg starting to open, and two more still to come. The rest of the flock only comes in to roost in the adjacent hutch at dark...
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