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    We have chickens!

    The chickies are 5 days old today, and all of them have survived! We were concerned about the littlest one for a day or two, but she is doing so much better now. For the moment, her name is Little Bit. She's brave and feisty and usually the first one to run to a hand put in the brooder. (Don't...
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    Bald/bare area on new chick?

    Thank you. I haven't come across air sacks leaking in my reading, so I'll look into that. I appreciate it.
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    We have chickens!

    Thank you! They had quite the trip, so I went ahead and put some electrolytes in their water. I did a vent check on each when I unpacked them and will keep a close eye on that.
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    Bald/bare area on new chick?

    I received some chicks in the mail today, they're 3 days old. One of them has a very obvious bald area in the right side of her neck. It also looks kind of swollen. It's kind of yellowish but not bloody, and there's no obvious injury. I didn't notice it when I unpacked them a couple hours ago...
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    We have chickens!

    Yes, I sure am!!! And they're darling, aren't they??!!!
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    We have chickens!

    After a very tense couple of days, our chicks were delivered! To the wrong post office, but still, they made it!!! The "crazy chicken lady" box from Cackle is supposed to contain 12 different breeds, plus one extra chick. We actually got 14. All were alive, and all have been eating and drinking...
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    New TN member

    Hi everyone! Making the obligatory "new member" post 😊. We'll be getting our first chickens next spring, so we're researching and prepping. We'll probably get around 6 females, and we're looking at building some variation of a chicken tractor, although I'd like to be able to free-range the...
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