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    Best type of bedding for run and coop

    I see what you mean by forest floor in your pics. It (and the chickens) look great. I think I'll be good with a mixture of the dirt from my desert-y area as well as some soil I plan to buy and mix in. I had to put the pavers down to level out the area where we are building the run and coop. The...
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    Best type of bedding for run and coop

    Hi there. I've searched and searched and read and read about this topic, but I feel a little lost. I have four 5-week olds and am completing their coop and run (coop is 4'x4' and the run (in which they'll pretty much always be when outside the coop) is about 13'x4'). One of my questions is...
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    First timer needs assurance!

    Thanks for the help. I'm going to try the soaked feed. Still trying to get the babies used to being picked up. They get pretty stressed when we open the brooder top. Mostly the run back under the ecoglow. One seems more friendly, but one of the gals starts pecking the others and seems WAY more...
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    First timer needs assurance!

    Is the soaked feed okay even if they are only a few days old? If so, how big a portion and how "soaked? Sorry for the newbie questions! Also is it normal that, seemingly more suddenly than yesterday, when I enter the room they tend to scatter under the ecoglow. I think they might be thinking...
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    First timer needs assurance!

    Thanks for the info. I am starting to see the pattern: eat/drink/chirp then go under the heat. Repeat. I checked for the pasty butt and it didn't seem like I noticed anything. I'll do some research on how obvious it is to spot. It's been a LOOOONG time since I held baby chicks and they feel so...
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    First timer needs assurance!

    Hey everyone! Brought 4 baby chicks home today (Aracauna, Maran, Rhode island, Brahma). I have them in a bathroom and am using an EcoGlow 20 instead of a heat lamp (too worried about fire hazards). Being a first timer, and a worrier, is it normal that the chicks chirp a bunch (one is LOUD!)...
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