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    cold and new chicks

    Coop 'em when feathered, but DON'T heat the coop. They'll get frostbite if the temp drops way down. Warm air holds more moisture, etc., etc...
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    !!!!!!!!!!I'm worried as to what this is? PICS INCLUDED

    isolate her for safety, apply warm (not hot) water via cloths, then Preparation H to relieve the inflammation.
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    Can't find any livestock ordinances in Quincy, MA

    I've scoured the zoning and all ordinances published by Quincy, MA. All I can find are rules concerning nuisance dogs and their waste. Am I in the clear with a few pullets/hens? I'm getting nervous as they approach the transfer to coop life.
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    Nothing in city ordinances about livestock: Quincy, MA

    this didn't appear in the BYC homepage forum list.
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    Nothing in city ordinances about livestock: Quincy, MA

    I've scoured the zoning and all ordinances published by Quincy, MA. All I can find are rules concerning nuisance dogs and their waste. Am I in the clear with a few pullets/hens?
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    Itchy 2 week-old Dominiques

    y'all rock this roost
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    Itchy 2 week-old Dominiques

    big feet and long necks like feathered teenagers
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    Itchy 2 week-old Dominiques

    They look hilarious. Their head fuzz is all bozoed out from high-speed scrubbing in the shavings.
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    Itchy 2 week-old Dominiques

    Sweeeeeeet. Thank you kindly for the expedient confirmation.
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    Itchy 2 week-old Dominiques

    Feathers are coming in force. Are new feathers itchy enough to cause the li'l chicks to scratch/twist/hunker down in the bedding and dust themselves repeatedly in the DE/pine shavings? They look like dusty little crazy birds. Close inspections shows no sign of mites or the like, no skin...
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    When do I bring out the heat lamp??

    Heat lamps create a temperature differential which causes humidity to collect in your coop. Moisture in cold weather = frostbite and illness. Avoid this for the health of your birds.
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    I found something very interesting about lime last night!

    The caustic variety, quicklime/hydrated lime, can be bought at a brickyard/masonry supply.
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    We were LUCKY this time tore a big hole in run *pics*

    chicken wire only keeps chickens in.
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    Trimming chicken beaks?

    My dominique chicks are clearly interested in beak filing on their own. They rub their beaks back and forth a couple of times each on whatever the hardest thing in the coop happens to be, wood in this case. Anybody use something like those pumice stones that parrot owners seem to keep in cages?
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    I found something very interesting about lime last night!

    BTW: garden lime applied to a wound will do no more than cornstarch. Nor will it make mortar, plaster, or whitewash.
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