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    Was ordering hatchery chicks/ducklings a mistake?

    Phew! Thank you all for your encouraging words and helpful experiences... I was really worried that I was going to ruin them and never be able to handle them. Their behavior makes me want to be quiet so I don’t scare them but I will continue to speak to them and carefully announce my arrival...
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    Was ordering hatchery chicks/ducklings a mistake?

    Good morning, Hello there! I recently got eight day old ducks through a Hatchery in California (I am on the east coast, not that that may matter) and they all arrived fine and healthy. It’s just that they seem so vastly different than the chicks I have bought at the local feed store. I realize...
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    Old biddy bully hens

    Last spring I brought home 4 new chicks to add to my one year-old flock of 4 other hens. I kept them separated of course until they were big enough to mix with the older hens. I then moved the pullets' little coop they grew up in into the very large fenced in run diagonally across from the large...
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    Ding dong!

    They are three They are three of my chickens....but not a human to be found.
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    Ding dong!

    After hearing the doorbell I ran to the front door to find this. Somebody better come clean about this. I'm laughing but a little concerned.
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    Random mix of chicks?

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    Random mix of chicks?

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    Random mix of chicks?

    Thank you! One of the black one is striped a bit and doesn't have a comb yet and the other is pure black . Here are some better pictures from today.
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    Random mix of chicks?

    Good morning! My LO and I bought four chicks back in May and the woman who helped us to us she had no idea what kind they were. I'm fairly new to having my own chickens but I had no idea getting them was kind of a grab bag situation...outside of the gender that is. These were my chicks the...
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