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    Problems With Ordering Online?

    This year, I bought eight (though he sent nine, just in case) chicks from a breeder. They had to be shipped across the country--from CA to Alabama. All nine arrived alive, though one had pasty butt and was kind of touch and go for a while. She made it. She's three weeks old now and SPUNKY. You...
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    Having an "oh my gosh what was I thinking" moment

    I'd be going nuts if we still had our babies in the house, too! The dust, oy. We got 15 chicks (9 from a breeder, and 6 from the feed store) but lost one little guy the first night. So we have 14. I figured I'd keep them in the house until they were a few weeks old, then brood them in the barn...
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    How can I tell if she's sick?

    I'm sorry. :( We had a little guy like this when we brought home our feed store chicks a few weeks ago. Wilbur didn't seem well, and nothing we did helped. We lost him the first night. It's true that sometimes it just happens, though I know that doesn't make it hurt less.
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    So cute but so much poop!!!!!

    I have six chicks that are four weeks old now, and eight that are three weeks. There's definitely more poop now, but I'm finding it's less stressful now that their heat requirements are a bit more lenient. We can put them out in their tractor during the day, and they only go back in the brooders...
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