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    Mt Healthy dun good

    Got a call at 06:19 this morning from the post office, they had a box of chicks for me. I ordered 75 Barred Rock pullets back in mid January, with a hatch date of 3/7. Mt Healthy called me last week asking to change the date to 3/10, because there is no air-mail out of Cincinnati on Sundays...
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    Is this normal?

    Try slowing down as you approach the brooder. I've seen a big difference in chicks behavor by slowly showing yourself over the brooder wall, and moving kind of slow, vs rapid movements. Think about it. As a chick all is going fine in your own little brooder world, then out of nowhere pops a...
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    Medicatied Check Starter / Cocci Immunity

    I've got some chicks coming 2nd week in march. I was looking at getting some medicated Purina Start and Grow. However, I noticed on the label that I should feed to chicks where immunity to Cocci is not desired. This confused me. Does this mean that the birds will never develop an immunity to...
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    Rumor? regarding vent sexing at MMH

    I don't think it is that difficult. The guy on Dirty Jobs was sexing chicks on one of his shows. It seemed like a task that is easily to trainable to anyone. Not that I know how...
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    tractor supply

    In short, knowledge varies from store to store, just like any retailer. If you don't like the knowledge or attitute of a particular retailer, you go to the next one down the road. Try some local feed stores. Or just order from the hatchery if that gives you a warm a fuzzy feeling. With TSC...
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    tractor supply

    They were taking personal information. I did not ask the reason, but it appeared to be a log for ag or health purposes. I think there were some threads on here denoting where they order their chicks from. I go my first chicks last year, and from TSC. I ended up with a odd bunch of birds...
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    Temp question?

    A heat lamp should keep it warm enough. Put one in there and test it. Build the lamp so that you can raise and lower it to adjust the temp. As for a top. Unless it is drafty. I would not build one of plywood. Mainly because you then have an issue with lamp height limitations. I would...
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    Sick of the 'yotes

    Edited for content against BYC rules. BYC does not condone illegal acts.
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    how many chicks?

    I agree w/ HEChicken's plan. Get six. Also, I assume you know not to order Straightrun, since you are looking for hens. Good luck!
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    pine or cedar?

    I read before about not using cedar. What is about cedar that is bad for chicks. Is it only chicks?
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    vaccinated chicks or not?

    I was asking the same question a couple of weeks ago. No one could come up with a reason not to vaccinate. Other than the extra 10 cents/bird, or what ever the cost was. So I went on and had the chicks vaccinated. I don't see any harm in it.
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    I ordered 15 chicks from Mt. Healthy!

    I'm splitting the order between 3 other familys. I'm only keeping 25.
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    I ordered 15 chicks from Mt. Healthy!

    I just ordered , a week or two ago, from the same hatchery. My first time as well. I did a lot of reading and could not find any negitive issues regarding My Healthy. At least nothing of significance. We'll have to compare notes on our experinces. I requested a hatch date of 3/7. I'll be...
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    laced wyandottes

    Thanks Katy What are some examples of "respected breeder" ? Ijusted ordered a gaggle of pullets from a hatchery. I'll see how this goes. But this breeder thing is interesting. I guess I never through of that approach.
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    laced wyandottes

    So, what kind of differences would one see between hatchery chicks and "breeders". Are you getting eggs from the breeders and hatching them yourself?
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