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    Whiting True Blue from McMurray

    The only hatchery I’ve experienced is Ideal and that was more like third party - a few local people buy a number of day old chicks from Ideal because they ship here to HI and then sell them at 3 or 4 weeks on Craig’s List - so far I’ve gotten 3 Austrolorps and 2 Easter Eggers that have been...
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    The dilemma of worming 3 week old chicks

    Thank you for your concern - I already add Corid to the drinking water for all my chickens, ever since I lost a healthy adult to Coccidia before I knew how bad it could be - the humidity here in HI just sets up the perfect environment for that to flourish and mine free range, so I can’t know...
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    The dilemma of worming 3 week old chicks

    Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii - I just wanted to share my experience with worming chicks and hopefully help other folks who may be faced with an issue similar to mine I had just brought home two Easter Eggers that a local person purchased from Ideal Hatchery as day old chicks and raised to...
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    Chicks dying, not sure why.

    I tend to agree, the heat is probably high in there - also, consider the fact that it is a metal container, so not only will the metal hold the heat, it may also magnify it a bit - when I had my new chicks, I put them in a large, open top cardboard box and had an infrared heat lamp firmly...
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    How Do You Hold Your Chickens

    Well I am guilty of making pets of all my animals, chickens no exception - I handled them from chicks all the way up to pullets and layers, although that wasn't just about making pets of them - if they are used to being handled, then if you have to treat them for illness, wounds, etc, it makes...
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    What should a newbie start with?

    I've only experienced starting with chicks, my first batch being 1 week old - they have turned out extremely tame and come running when they see me - my last batch, the Austrolorps pictured, I got at 4 to 6 weeks - they didn't need heat anymore and were free ranging after about 3 weeks in a cage...
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    How many is too many? Or is there such a thing in chicken raising ;)

    Thank you so much for your information, it gives me hope anyway - the coop in question actually housed 5 hens comfortably with room for a 6th at one time, so that is what I am basing that on - the Aussies have been free ranging since about two months old and just recently started following the...
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    How many is too many? Or is there such a thing in chicken raising ;)

    Aloha all - I have 3 sex link Rhode Island Red/Leghorn hens who are 2 years old, and wanted to get 3 more of a different breed - the coop they sleep in accommodates 6 hens, but other than that, they free range the immediate area around our house and goat shelter, about two acres - so I got 3...
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    Chicken Mom

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