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    New Chicken Mommy and am stressing over coop/run!

    Thanks. Yeah, I know the run is huge in comparison. We built the run after we increased the size. I couldn't return our little coop so we decided to incorporate and just add another coop. I've read such a mixture of information, like if they are out all day and just in coop for sleeping it...
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    New Chicken Mommy and am stressing over coop/run!

    My husband and I ordered a small coop, with the intentions of having 2-3 backyard chickens that we were hatching. Well.... We got the eggs... A few more than we intended and ended up with 4 chicks. We then, out of impulse and addiction bought 5 pullets to go with them so they could grow up...
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    Help! First babies have hatched...

    So the fourth one hatched around noon-1, and here at 11pm doesn't seem to be doing near as well as the others. It has only walked a few times. It will kind of shuffle around and if it stands it's only for a couple seconds. I have moved them all into the brooder but I am worried about this one...
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    Help! First babies have hatched...

    Thank you! I needed reassurance! 4th just hatched and I never saw any sign, just suddenly there were 4! Third one that hatched at 530 this morning still has tiny string attached to egg. How long do I leave it before I have to do something? Poor thing is pulling heavy egg around!
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    Help! First babies have hatched...

    I was using the brooder lamp and build tractor supply gave us... Way to big, 250 watt. Just went to pet store and got much smaller.
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    Help! First babies have hatched...

    Third one has hatched... Just over 24 hours later than the second one. It's still attached to the egg by a tiny string (umbilical cord?).
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    Help! First babies have hatched...

    Freaking out... This is my first hatch. 4 eggs. 5pm today would be 21 days. Two of them hatched yesterday afternoon. I wasn't expecting them to come so quickly. I thought I had all I needed for the brooder but this evening I checked the temp prior to moving them and it was WAY to hot! Now the...
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