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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Guys just. came home from work and found one of my favorite hens was egg bound, the other girls had been picking I her vent today. I got the egg out , have her inside, gave her water with an infant syringe , cleaned up her vent area with some epson salt warm water and applied prep h, she is...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    I have a question for you guys, we are planning on picking up 6 new chicks today from FFH, we have had a great time with our chickens past year, and learned so much from this forum. At what age should we put the new chicks out with the flock ? I am thinking 12-15 weeks and because we want to get...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Well it's really well ventilated and dry, we have a poop board with PDZ, pine shavings on floor , the heat lamp is about 6ft off floor sort of over part of roost, they can't jump on it.
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    thanks for your input !
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    I am wondering if I should use the heat lamp in the coop starting Monday for a few days? The girls are in a nice dry 10 x10 coop with vents, covered windows, and door that we put 2 layers of heavy plastic. They have a coop door I keep open because they are in an enclosed run and have been very...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Does any one know if we can put a No Pest strip up in our coop, it 10 x10 with 2 windows and a screen door in front, also 2 vents.
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    Special Treats!!

    My chickens 20 wk's love watermelon, corn and go crazy for plan yogurt !!
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    I wasn't able to make Chickenstock yesterday because I had to work, but I had to share this picture! My first eggs today, the silly girls wouldn't use their fancy nesting boxes, but laid them on top of the extra bag of pine shavings I left in the coop
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Thank you to everyone, this morning the one dog that got the chick went outside, sat by the coop and kept her head hung. Our other dogs wouldn't even go by her. The grandkids know what happened and are planning on planting flowers over the grave today. Welcome to all the new people, this is an...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Thanks cuppycake, I guess I needed to hear that tonight. We are newbies and I have been so careful with these chicks. Sigh, I know things happen but I sheesh I am sure tired of it always being bad things. I plan on just telling them before they come over.
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    I have a major problem tonight guys, my dog just ran past me before I could grab her and nailed one of our 7 wk old chicks ;(isa brown), the chick died, I had a screaming fit and now husband is mad. To make matters worse the grandchildren are coming tomorrow and will be playing and counting...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Welcome Candy, we are new to , you will find everyone here is super nice and helpful.
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    We moved our chicks to their coop, heat lamp, lots if pine shavings and a poop board! Only problem is our dog wants to stay with them.
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Thanks, we have 12 and just a little while ago our rat terrier came to get us as 1 flew out of the cattle trough where we have been keeping them. It looked so funny just sitting there with a confused look on it's face . If you don't mind me asking where are you?
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Do you think it would be ok to put the 5 wk old chicks out in their coop this weekend? We plan on putting the light out there and not letting them outside, we remade over a 10 x 10 shed for them , using a lot of pine shavings on the floor too.We live down by Fenton.
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