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    Announcement April Fools 2018 - New BYC Cryptocurrency: ChicKoin

    I want ChicKoin!
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    To free range or to not free range? That is the question

    Ugh, isn't that annoying! I used to let my chickens free range quite a bit losing one maybe once a year to a predator but since our neighbor got a new dog last year, she comes over here all the time and they don't keep her contained!! I've lost two chickens to that dog now and all she can say is...
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    Integrating young chickens with older ones

    TheTwoRoos, maybe it's not as bad as I think. There is a lot of pecking and feather pulling from one of the older chickens. The other two seem to leave them alone. The younger ones try to walk around and mind their own business but end up hiding behind something and not coming out after being...
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    Integrating young chickens with older ones

    I have 3 SLW that are 25 weeks old and 4 ten-week old chicks (2 Calif Whites and 2 Black Sexlinks). Our coop is pretty big as it is an old horse stall. We have a brooder in the coop that is 18 sq ft that the younger ones are in. They have been in there since they were two weeks old. So both ages...
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    A disease that needs quarantine or just failure to thrive?

    Thanks everyone! I came to the conclusion that they just weren't right from the beginning since they were doing so poorly out of the box. Also, I did contact the hatchery (Meyer) and they were very helpful and gave me a refund immediately.
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    A disease that needs quarantine or just failure to thrive?

    I thought I did...ha ha! Then I looked at the top right when I pressed send and saw that it said "raising chicks." :)
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    A disease that needs quarantine or just failure to thrive?

    Well the second "runt" died just a few minutes ago. I'm going to chalk it up to failure to thrive as the remaining four are almost twice the size of the ones that died and are doing well. If it is some kind of disease, live and learn I guess, but I'm hoping it's not and the remaining four...
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    A disease that needs quarantine or just failure to thrive?

    Hi! I am a new chicken mom. I hope this isn't repetitive but I couldn't find the answer to my question exactly. I got our first chicks on Wed 12/2. We ordered six chicks and upon opening the box two were obviously not doing well. I thought one was dead already but it wasn't. When I got them...
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