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    When can featherless baby chicks go outside

    I have 9, seven-week old chicks who don't have all their feathers due to their previous living situation. They are quickly growing them back though but I'm wondering when can they go outside? Do I need to wait until all their feathers grow back? They are growing tired of their smaller living...
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    When can my chicken go back outside after an injury?

    Thank you for all of your help! By the end of next week she won't be the only chicken we have so friends will be arriving very soon!
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    When can my chicken go back outside after an injury?

    She did just showed up one day at my friend's bird feeder. The farmer who owns the barns said she was his and that if you can catch her, you can have her. He only raises meat chickens though, nothing else. It is possible she escaped from an earlier truck and had been hiding out but my friend...
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    When can my chicken go back outside after an injury?

    This was so helpful, thank you!! We live in Georgia but are having a cold snap so it's in the 40's outside right now getting down in the 20s at night. That is her as my avatar and we originally thought Henrietta was a Henry but then Henrietta surprised us with an egg and has laid one every day...
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    When can my chicken go back outside after an injury?

    Sorry, I should have been more specific. She did get injured by a predator and we have spent the last week fixing the problem and making her area more safe. I'm confident we have done what is needed to make her space safe. I'm just wondering when an injured chicken can go back outside, she is...
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    When can my chicken go back outside after an injury?

    Hi everyone! I'm very new to chickens and mine was injured pretty bad. Her wound is healing wonderfully and we have been keeping her inside while she heals. It will be a week tomorrow since she was hurt and her wound is scabbed over now. She is only an only chicken, explanation down below, and...
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