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    Quarantine baby chicks from new baby chicks??

    Do I need to quarantine if I add 4 less than week old chicks to my current 2 less than week old chicks? One of the local hatcheries said I had to but most people on here are saying it's fine to mix them. What do you think, and if quarantine is needed then how long?
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    Advice after losing 2 of 4 chicks

    I might do that, I just know with my luck I'll end up with 2 roos!
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    Picking Local breeds after deaths from the hatchery

    How do the Brahmas and Orpingtons do in the heat? Is the Welsummer or the Marans one you'd recommend in a mixed, docile flock?
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    Picking Local breeds after deaths from the hatchery

    Near Savannah, GA. Average high/low: May - 84° / 65° June - 90° / 72° July - 92° / 74° August - 90° / 74° September - 86° / 70° Plus 90% humidity
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    Picking Local breeds after deaths from the hatchery

    Hi guys, I'm brand new so let me know if there is already a thread for this situation. Today I received my first ever shipment of day old chicks. 2 were DOA. I had picked these chicks and this hatchery using the following criteria: I can't have and don't want a rooster, so they were vent sexed...
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    Hi from the Lowcountry

    I asked for a refund. It was too traumatic to try mailing chicks a second time.
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    Advice after losing 2 of 4 chicks

    Hi guys, I'm brand new so let me know if there is a thread for this. I ordered 4 chicks from a hatchery and 2 were DOA. Should I get straight runs now and figure out what to do with the roos OR wait and get pullets when my 2 are 6-12 weeks? I just want what's best for them. I really wanted some...
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    Hi from the Lowcountry

    Thanks. The hatchery claims a 99% survival rate of course.
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    Hi from the Lowcountry

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Got my first chicks today! I've wanted them for several years though. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 2 because the other 2 died in transit. (3) What breeds do you have? Not sure. Any 2 of easter egger, favacauna...
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