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    Chick advice

    Today was a big win. She actually left the heater to seek out food. No one seemed too bothered by her! She is still WAY smaller than the smallest one in our flock that's the same age, but she's doing so well. We are still feeding her several times a day, but I have hope she's going to keep...
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    Chick advice

    When we fed her her last meal of the evening we tried to get her to eat the crumble in the bin, it was a no go. We took her out and fed her crumble on a plate she ate some, but we had to put some water on it to get her to eat more. She wouldn't drink from either waterer voluntarily. 😔 So I...
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    Chick advice

    The past two feedings I have noticed that she has one chick that will stand with her, so that gives me hope that she's not going to be all alone. I did go ahead and put large pine shavings in there and remove the puppy pads to give the others something else to dig around in. They also have a...
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    Chick advice

    I have the EcoGlow 1200. Everyone else has adapted well to this. She drinks if I give her water in a dropper or dip her beak. I do have the Nutri-Drench, got it yesterday. I mixed her food with the water and that today. I have 2 water feeders in their bin. One regular water with pebbles...
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    Chick advice

    We have 7 thriving, lost two 😢. One remains weak, she's a Splash Ameraucana. Last night we decided she may be blind and or deaf (typical responses dont happen). She doesn't integrate well with the others. She stands off alone and remains under the heater. She was introduced to the food and...
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    Hello

    So I went a little ham and got an assortment... whether on not that is a good idea only time will tell. I ordered the babies from Meyer. I knew I wanted a Buff Orpington and Rhode Island Red so I got one of each of those. I also knew I wanted a colorful basket of eggs so we went with: an...
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    Hello

    Our chicks arrive this week! I've wanted them for over 10 years. We will have their brooder inside until they are fully feathered out and winter is over. I have read a lot on this site so I figured it was time I should join!
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