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    Pasty Butt Advice ?!

    New question: how old do my chicks need to be before I can put them out in the coop. It is still cold at night, with a possibility of snow clear into the beginning of May. I have 5 hens and a rooster now already and they are fine in the weather. My intention is to introduce the new chicks at...
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    new to raising chicks could use some advice !

    That looks ok to me. Just check on your little girls and make sure they have water, and make sure they aren't panting. They need it a bit on the warm side. Here is my set up. The heat lamp is just out of the picture. My cats, Sidious (seen here) and Annikin, are most interested in the...
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    new to raising chicks could use some advice !

    The farther away from the chicks the light is the less hot it will be. We have the chicks in our bathtub right now, and the heat lamp is at one end. When they are hot, they move to the other end (where the water is) and when they get chilled they move back under the lamp. If they are...
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    new to raising chicks could use some advice !

    Looks like I will be taking time to clean poop butts today. We have 4 new little girls. Our first set of hens, 3 years ago, never had this problem.
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    How to clean poopy butt on chick?

    Thanks for the ideas. We have 4 new little girls right now and two of them have poopy butts. Now...off to clean them up.
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    New member!

    I have seen pictures of Marans and he seems to be like those as well.
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    Can you recommend a good incubator?
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    Not sure if my girls are broody yet or not. They seem to prefer running about the yard. But you know, there is time. And we have enough room in the current coop for at least 6 more.
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    I have touched mealworms...once I got over the ick-factor of touching worms (funny since I love gardening) it was fine.
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    Here is the bright young man who has taken a shine to my girls.
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    LOL. He has. I have even caught him in the act with one of my Reds. Now...the question is what do I do about potential chicks. It is still pretty cold up here now (not Mid-West cold by any means, but still...we are expected to have the first hard freeze of the year starting on Sunday for most...
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    New member!

    Hello! I just signed on. I have had chickens for the past 3 years and they have been doing well, so I guess I am a good chicken mom. This past weekend we went away and came home to find a gorgeous young rooster just strutting his stuff in my yard. Needless to say I fear for the virginity of...
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