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    Feather picking

    I also have several feeding stations inside and out of the coop, as well as watering stations.
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    Feather picking

    The link you added looks like a great way to work it out. My chickens free range and have places to hide around the area. Luckily I live in the country and don’t have to worry about neighbors opinions. There is an older coop that I started with eight years ago, that they sometimes spend time in...
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    Feather picking

    Okay, that sounds easy enough. Thank you aart!
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    Feather picking

    There are 8 assorted nesting containers, their favorites are two plastic dog food buckets and a Home Depot 5 gallon bucket laid across the lower level of the roosting posts that span one side of the barn. The little Mama is in a brooder cage that is about 4’x4’ and a two foot height, with one of...
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    Feather picking

    I have a mixed flock of 18 adult chickens. 1 rooster that is an Easter egger, 2 blue laced red Wyandotte’s, 1 black laced golden Wyandotte, 1 buff Orpington, 1 silkie/easter egger mix, 1 hamburg, 1 black sexlink, 1 red star, 4Rhode Island reds,4 Easter eggers, and the bantam Cochin. Then the two...
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    Feather picking

    I have a bantam Cochin mix hen that hatched two chicks about three weeks ago, she is now picking feathers out of the smallerone. should I remove her?
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    My poor baby

    New update on my poor baby. Apparently my little darling is also an escape artist. Mama and babies are and have been in a cage located in my garage. She and babies have been fine in this cage, no mishaps. This little late comer is gonna be a challenge. It escaped through the wires and was loose...
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    My poor baby

    Update on my poor baby, it is up walking on it’s own, still a bit wobbly but gaining strength rapidly. Noticeably smaller than its siblings, fitting in and all looks promising. Snickerdoodle is an excellent Mom.
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    My poor baby

    Thank You, Silviethecochin. My little darling is doing better this morning. It has a little chick chair I constructed out of tissues,tape and a dixie cup. I also had some savachick electrolites that I have been giving it in a syringe. I had it in a basket on a heating pad with some washcloths to...
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    My poor baby

    It’s in the box, the others were in and there is a heat lamp above. It keeps falling over backwards.
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    My poor baby

    I have tried to attach a photo
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    My poor baby

    I have a Bantum hen that just hatched out chicks this week. There are eleven chicks all together, 4 had hatched when I got home from work Monday and by the time I came home Tuesday there were 6 more. There were two eggs that had not hatched yet, I candled them, one was infertile, the other was...
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    What do you have in your flock?

    I started with Rhode Island Reds and have added, Barred rocks, Bantam Cochins, Golden Comets, Buff Orpington, and now my last 6 are Ameracaunas. I did have some ducks, coyotes got them.
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    Kids and chicks

    All of the gardening equipment is kept out in shop. Just extra freezer, train for kids and workbench in garage with chicks.
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    Kids and chicks

    they are actually in a wire cage in the garage. the windows are open. Up until two days ago, they were on newspaper base with straw that I changed weekly. I have now gotten rid of the newspaper and straw. this is how I have raised most all of my chicks after the first six back in '13. the only...
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