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    Can 6-week old Buff Orpingtons eat some Layer Mash?

    Thanks for the replies. I was thinking about trying Flock Raiser next time I needed to buy anyway since Buffs are a heavy breed. I have oyster shell out free choice already but the girls don't seem to notice it much now that they have the great outdoors to explore. If I took them off layer...
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    Can 6-week old Buff Orpingtons eat some Layer Mash?

    We recently integrated our 24 growing 6 week old Buffs in with our other 5 free-ranging Red Stars and White Leghorns. The transition has gone amazingly well and they all love pecking around the yard with minimal pecking at each other. My question is how to keep the "babies" from eating the...
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    Why do I have bare-bellied chickens?

    I have 2 white leghorns that are missing the feathers on their bellies. They don't seem bothered by it and have laid an egg a day everyday since February with very rare exceptions. Is it possible they are molting? We are fairly new chicken owners so excuse our ignorance if they are just...
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    UPDATE: Please tell me the humane thing to do.

    I sadly had to do this with one of our peeps. We'd had two die the slow miserable way (struggling in the brooder) so I acted more proactively with the third one. I placed it on the ground outside, and used a garden spade to quickly do the deed. The peep was so sick that it didn't even move on...
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    Peeps wasting food. Argh!

    Okay...so my wife and I have peeps for the first time. We ordered 25 Buff Orpington chicks, and they're doing well except... They're so messy! They empty a quart feeder in about a day, but about 3/4's of it ends up on the floor of the brooder. (We've got pine chips covered with paper...
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