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    When to expect first goose egg in Maine

    My girls just laid their first eggs the other day. I wasn't expecting to be getting anything other than my chicken eggs, and here were these 5 giant white eggs sitting next to the chicken eggs!
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    What is your favorite hatchery?

    My pet chicken!!! I'm beyond thrilled with all of the chicks that I got from them!
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    to you who ordered from MPC

    I got mine from MPC and I am absolutely thrilled! I ordered 30 and they sent me 32... all of which are alive and thriving! They're 6 weeks old now. I definitely plan on ordering from them again.
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    How long did your chicks take to ship?

    My chicks shipped on a Monday and I got them Wednesday morning from MPC.
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    Do Roos grow faster than pullets?

    I have found that with my 6 week old babies, the boys have grown much larger than the girls. I could really see the difference at about 4 weeks old, and now the boys tower over the girls. I've also noticed that their combs are growing much faster and larger than the girls too. It could be a...
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    Brooder Size HELP

    I have 48 chicks and I ended up using two large wire dog crates wrapped with cardboard. I had both cages facing each other with the doors open to make their space as large as possible. I worked out perfect because I clamped the heat lamps to the top and didn't have to worry about them fall onto...
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    Best company to order day old chicks from

    My Pet Chicken is absolutely fantastic! I received 32 from them 5 weeks ago and they are all doing great! Ideal is good too. I received 16 from them at the same time. So those are the two companies that I got chicks from and all 48 are alive and thriving!
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    If your at TSC & hubby says.....

    Quote: Are you sure that we're not married to the same guy???
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    Day Old Chicks - and Already the Babies Need Therapy!

    Quote: Mine do that too! It's always the same girl that will pick up a piece of the shavings and run around like a nut! Doesn't seem to matter that there are thousands of other pieces that are exactly the same! There's just something incredibly special about that one piece!!!
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    Day Old Chicks - and Already the Babies Need Therapy!

    As they get older, they still have no respect for sleeping siblings!!! Mine are 5 weeks old as of tomorrow and there's always one that feels the need to launch herself onto all of her sleeping siblings! Just wait til they learn how to dust themselves! I can actually sit with them for hours...
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    I think they're going to start calling me the "Crazy Chicken Lady"

    Don't worry, my entire town thinks that I'm now the "Crazy Chicken Lady"! We don't have any limit on how many we can have (which I found out after I ordered them), so when I got a "mistake" order my gang grew from keeping 22 to 40! No idea what I'll do with all of the eggs, but I just couldn't...
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    Pasty Butt

    It sounds worse than it really is! As long as you check them once a day, you'll be fine. If you see any build up, just gently wash it off. Out of 48 chicks, I only had maybe 4 or 5 that really had pasty butt and it only lasted a couple days! From what I've read, it's mostly from the stress of...
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    Brooder lighting

    I have the red heat lamps in with my chicks, but I turn on the overhead light for a few hours every day.
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    A few questions from a proud new papa!!

    You're girls will be fine! If they are huddling under the lamp, I would add another heat lamp for them. With 48 chicks in my basement, I ended up with 3 heat lamps going. As soon as I added the extra heat, they were fine and the pasty butt cleared right up! Good luck with your girls!
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    Finally... Please help!!!!

    You'll love your Dominique!!! I have one and she's 4 weeks old right now. When I go to feed them, she doesn't hesitate to hop onto me to hang out. You're going to have a blast with them!
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