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    How do you name your chickens?

    I had the same problem until mine were about 5-6 weeks old. We have 2 batches of chicks at the moment. The first batch is all a similar theme and started with my 3.5 year old daughter naming one of them “Pete the cat” after the show 🤣 we then decided to name all the hens weird actors names or...
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    Help! First time chicken owner.

    I have taken her indoors out of the coop and separated from any other birds. I did consider this. If it was gapeworm would she still be eating and drinking as normal?
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    Help! First time chicken owner.

    This is the first time I’ve owned chickens and I’ve become pretty attached. My chicken is very vocal, lethargic, seems to have a swollen bottom but vent appears to be fine. She’s about 6 weeks old and has otherwise been healthy. All other chickens in the coop also seem fine. She’s still eating...
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    Yogurt For Chickens!

    I read somewhere you could mix yogurt in a bit of water for your chicks and decided to try it one day (my daughter calls it chicken smoothies 🤣). I planned to let them have a taste before I cleaned out their water dish. They usually drink one, maybe 1.5 buckets of water a day.... I had to fill...
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    Introducing hens and chicks to new coop

    thanks for the info! I definitely will be quarantining the new hens. Especially since I’m new to taking care of chickens, I don’t want to take any risks as I might not catch signs a more experienced chicken keeper might notice more quickly. Right now the coop is empty and where I am it’s still...
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    Hello, I’m Kaly!

    Thanks! 😊 they’re only a week old now but I’m already pretty fond of them!
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    Hello, I’m Kaly!

    That’s awesome! Thanks! I’m definitely going to check those out 😊 and I have one daughter who is 11 months and the other is 3.5 years old and BOTH are huge fans of the chicks so far. They’re currently in our washroom and they sit in there and just watch them peck and scratch around ... it’s...
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    Introducing hens and chicks to new coop

    I currently have 6, one week old chicks. I will also be getting 3 hens tomorrow. My coop is currently empty as my chicks are in a brooder indoors at the moment. What would be the best way to go about introducing the hens to the new coop/run and also the chicks to the adults once they’re ready to...
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    Hello, I’m Kaly!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I just got chickens for the first time last week. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We bought 7 day old chicks and have 3 hens on the way tomorrow (3) What breeds do you have? We’ve got a mix with about 5 or 6 different...
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