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    Too cold for 3 - week chicks?

    Great, thanks! That's exactly what I'll do.
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    Too cold for 3 - week chicks?

    My coop is small with no heat source. And no Momma hens to hang out with.
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    Too cold for 3 - week chicks?

    Ok thanks! I left the brooder box set up so I'll just bring them back inside. At least they got a little fresh air and to play in their run and check out the new coop.
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    Too cold for 3 - week chicks?

    I'm in Humble Texas, right outside of Houston. It's been in the 70s-80s the last couple days and we put our 3 week old chicks out in the coop today. They're pretty excited and seem happy. I just looked at the forecast for tonight and is going to dip into the 50s. Is that too cold for 3 weekers...
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    Advice for this newbie please...

    Thanks CT! I was getting overwhelmed with info in my searches. Starter feed, grower feed, scratch. I knew not to give them tons of "treats" but I was worried they'd starve I guess. even though they ate at the farm in the morning.
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    Advice for this newbie please...

    Yesterday (Sunday), I went to "check out" the chicken breeder in my area. Of course I came home with 3 2-weekers. I didn't think it through because the feed stores were closed on Sunday. I have my brooder set up but no feed and no waterer. My local pet shop had nothing but tiny mealworms...
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    Hello from Humble!

    Quick question... should there be a nesting box for each chicken in a coop? I am reading that the pre-fab coops from China are crap but are there any that are good?
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    Hello from Humble!

    Thanks everyone!
  9. LynnDJackson

    Hello from East Texas

    8-10 acres and a farmhouse is my DREAM. Congratulations!
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    Hello from East Texas

    Hi there! Where are you at in East Texas? I'm in Humble.
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    Hello from Humble!

    I'm new here and I'm in the research stage of getting backyard chickens. I'd like to tell you what my neighborhood deed restriction says about chickens and get some advice. "No horses, cows, hogs, poultry or livestock of and kind (other than house pets of reasonable size and number) may be...
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