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    Heat Lamps hard on Chicks?

    I live in Canada and have 12 girls that I love. We install a heat lamp every winter as it gets very cold and is hard on them to survive. Last night we had 8" of snow, but this morning I still had 8 eggs. I read that some are against heat lamps as it make them lay when they need to rest. I'm all...
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    Help me diagnose my sick chicken!

    I also have a sick chicken She is a sweet little brown hen and a good egg layer, but lately. she is curled up in the long grass and doesn't run and play with the others. She just comes out of the coop in the morning and goes about 10 feet and stays there all day. We have to pick her up to put...
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    Injured Chick

    As a follow up to my post about my injured chick, after 15 days of isolation she is now able to stand slightly on the injured foot and has joined the rest of the girls . We let the others out to free range all afternoon and she stays in the coop. She seems very contented and hops around. Each...
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    Injured Chicken

    Hi I am new to BYC. We have 8 old girls who are only laying 1-2 eggs a day, so we bought 4 - 16 week old chicks from the local feed store. The owner was very rough with the chicks and picked them up by a wing and threw them into our cage. When we got home we realized that one of the chicks...
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    Injured Chick

    Hi I just joined BYC. We have 8 old girls that are not laying too many eggs anymore, so we got 4- 16 week old chicks on Thursday to supplement the egg supply. The farmer who sold them to us was very rough with the chicks and picked each up by a wing and flung them into our cage. When we got...
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