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    Baby chicks this year 2025

    I have had my newly purchased chicks from Rural King die suddenly also… when I have never had that happen ever before
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    Losing baby chicks

    What I have always used… a rubber made tote with pine shavings for bedding and a brooder lamp as heat source with a chicken feeder and chick waterer. Just basic and simple but the very same setup I have used for the hundred or more chicks I’ve raised before
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    Losing baby chicks

    Last Friday I purchased 6 chicks from Rural King… I have one left as all the rest have died… each one suddenly with no signs of Illness. The first one passed on day 3 … the others followed every other day or so. I literally would see them eating, drinking doing their little chick thing and...
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    Introducing myself

    Hi all! I am New to this forum but I have had chickens for Many many years! I currently have 19 hens… a mix of Bards, Izzy’s, Rhodes and Wyandottes. My favorite breeds are Izzy’s and Rhode Island Reds followed by Bards… my oldest Hen is 12 years old and is a Bard. I am 68 years old and still...
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