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    Randomly remembered BYC and logged in to look something up. Posting a semi-nostalgic update on...

    Randomly remembered BYC and logged in to look something up. Posting a semi-nostalgic update on here for anyone who may be in the same boat. (By the looks of it, my old friends and I have all grown up and moved on.)
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    Continued: -I had to move in 2018 and my flock entered the good hands of a friend. I haven't had...

    Continued: -I had to move in 2018 and my flock entered the good hands of a friend. I haven't had chickens since, and will not have them again for the forseeable future. My life is pretty full without pets at the moment, so I'm fine with this.
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    Continued: -As growing up on the internet goes, BYC was a great place to be. I'm thankful for...

    Continued: -As growing up on the internet goes, BYC was a great place to be. I'm thankful for the community I had here and the enormous amount of writing skill development that happened on these forums. Thanks to everybody who helped make these forums so fun and so safe.
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    Continued: -I would like the world to know that I am now much more mature than I was in the...

    Continued: -I would like the world to know that I am now much more mature than I was in the early-mid 2010's when I was posting on here regularly. :D Hope everybody is doing well and enjoying their lives as they unfolded beyond mid 2010's chat room conversations!
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    Bisquick, Buttermilk, Snap, and Junior's Chicken Chat Thread! (ORIGINAL)

    Colonel: It's supposed to warm up after this week...right?
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    Bisquick, Buttermilk, Snap, and Junior's Chicken Chat Thread! (ORIGINAL)

    Freesia: That's nothing! We got down to below zero last night.
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    Broody's eggs unexpectedly hatched....What do I do next?

    And there's a new twist in the tale. An old piece of metal I had pulled from a shed to cover the brooder had mites on it. Different brooder box has been found, and treatment has been applied to new box and the hen and chick.
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    Broody's eggs unexpectedly hatched....What do I do next?

    Thanks for the reassurance. :) I'm really not sure, but they probably would have been just as likely to die if I had moved them really early on. I don't think the hen went anywhere. This happened overnight.
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    Broody's eggs unexpectedly hatched....What do I do next?

    Two of the chicks were found on the floor below the nestboxes dead this morning. I have absolutely no idea what happened. There was a small platform with food and water by the nestbox, there was no need for either of the chicks to jump down. I'm not sure if they fell out, or died and were kicked...
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    Broody's eggs unexpectedly hatched....What do I do next?

    Okay, one of the chickies was running around on the small platform outside the nestbox, pecking at bits of chick feed I had sprinkled out there. It is currently next to--not under--its mom in the nestbox. Does it need water? I had a small dish of water out on the little platform. Would it be...
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    Broody's eggs unexpectedly hatched....What do I do next?

    Thanks for the reassurance, that's my biggest concern right now. :) Good to know they're probably fine at this point.
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    Broody's eggs unexpectedly hatched....What do I do next?

    Thanks for all your help! I'm going to play this by ear. If it doesn't look like anyone wants to get down from the nestbox to the food, I may move them down. If the other birds are acting aggressive, I may create an enclosure within the coop. For now, the other birds are out in a covered run and...
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    Broody's eggs unexpectedly hatched....What do I do next?

    Thanks you for your help! So should I create some form of ramp from nestbox to ground? Otherwise, I can't see this being much of a problem...our coop is pretty level, with food and water a few inches off ground to prevent it from getting nasty. I made sure the chicks could reach the water and...
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    Broody's eggs unexpectedly hatched....What do I do next?

    Alright, thank you for your help! I think for now I will live and let live, finish cleaning the coop, and check on them often. Are there any signs of trouble I should look out for? Thanks, Earlybird
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