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    cut on head of 9 week old pullet

    Thank you for the advice. We had a vet friend do a small suture and put bluekote on her tonight. The other hens in her group have her snuggled between them. I think she'll be ok and appreciate the reassurance. They have been outside in site of each other for a week and half, but we'll wait...
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    cut on head of 9 week old pullet

    One of our 9 week old babies got pecked by a bigger hen, and we are unsure what to do. Note the 9 week olds (there are 3) are usually separate from the older hens. Today we allowed one to meet the newer hens and we think she got the little one. We know to keep the hens separate but don't know...
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    Chick died overnight! What happened and how do I protect the other one?

    I have not asked the feed store where they got the chicks. They do have more and my husband will go with my son tomorrow to get 2 more, they are of different breeds. Our brooder is small but I have the light on one side to keep the other a little cooler. The lamp is close to the cage and I don't...
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    New Chicken Owner

    Hi Friends, I'm a high school teacher and we adopted some chicks from my 7year old son's class, learning about the life cycle of egg development. We started with 4 chicks but one was a rooster so now we have 3 big chickens and we adopted 2 babies when we "rehomed" the rooster. One chick just...
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    Chick died overnight! What happened and how do I protect the other one?

    they came from a feed store. The brooder is a cage about 2 feet by 3 feet, but I was going to move them when they got a little bigger to the floor in a circular type pen structure. It's a cage we borrowed from the teacher we got our chickens from when they were chicks (we adopted from my son's...
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    Chick died overnight! What happened and how do I protect the other one?

    We woke up to a dead chick and are very sad! But what happened, she seemed fine and happy yesterday? Chirping, pooping, eating...feathers have been coming in nicely. I just cleaned the brooder and put in new pine shavings, fresh food and water. Her vent was fine. The remaining chick is...
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    How much water does a chicken need each day?

    I having trouble keeping my waterer level so the water drains in about 5 minutes. So I want to use a small waterer that won't drain out - but I'm not sure if I need two for my 4 chickens...
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