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    Can chickens eat cake

    You could make him a little watermelon "cake" and decorate it with seeds and stuff. I found a cute one here- I would probably leave off the cool whip though. https://www.myfoodandfamily.com/recipe/167158/watermelon-cake
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    Spring fun foods...!!

    Mine go absolutely crazy for dandelion greens and rye grass. They're so cute :)
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    2 Cornish Cross Roos- 5-6 weeks- North Florida

    Got them by accident- we only wanted layers. Free to you if you can pick them up in Newberry (West of Gainesville).
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    Rookie Mistake- wrong chicks!

    Wait...him? Is this a rooster? Oh no. Tractor Supply is getting a very strongly worded letter. 😡
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    Rookie Mistake- wrong chicks!

    I won't. As long as they're happy I'll let them be, but I won't allow them to suffer. Thanks for all the help. :)
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    Rookie Mistake- wrong chicks!

    Here's a pic of Bunty
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    Rookie Mistake- wrong chicks!

    Thanks, all. I will see how they go for a bit. They are about 5 weeks old at this point and they seem very happy and active. They run around with the other chicks and have started flying short distances across the yard. As far as I can tell, they are not pigging out too much on food - I will...
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    New at raising baby chicks! Need suggestions!

    I don't know exactly how old they are, but I decided to put them outside when the had most feathers ( they have a little fuzz on their heads), when the temp started staying above 60 at night, and when they were all big enough to walk up the ramp into the laying box area of their coop. I guess...
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    New at raising baby chicks! Need suggestions!

    I had a screen and a heat lamp and it wasn't an issue. I don't think they will try to fly out unless they see an opening - they really aren't smart enough to try to bump the screen off. Also, I put a towel across the screen to hold some of the heat in, which weighed down the screen. Good luck...
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    Rookie Mistake- wrong chicks!

    I just bought our first chickens from Tractor Supply, which I will never, ever do again because I got the wrong chicks! I bought the only 2 chicks they had in the silver-laced Wyandotte container and started to get suspicious shortly after because their feathers started coming in and they were...
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