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    drinking / eating enough?

    they seem to... but sometimes I see they smacking at it from the side or top of nipple, as opposed to the very bottle to push it up and get more out...
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    drinking / eating enough?

    I got 4 1 day old chicks on Wednesday and they seem happy as pie, however, I was expecting a lot more poop.... there doesn't seem to be much, and they don't seem to be going through the water as I expected. I have a auto nipple thing drilled into a large thick plastic bottle. they all are able...
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    1 day olds coming my way tomorrow

    the crazy thing is I asked a friend the other day who has chickens how she did the heat lamp set up.. and she said, "what heat lamp?". she said in the last 6 years she's had 3 batches of chicks and not once used heat, just kept them inside in a rubber-made.....
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    expecting 5 new babies

    Not so sure the rules on the side will work... They kids are too little to read!
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    expecting 5 new babies

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    1 day olds coming my way tomorrow

    Hi, I'll be a mommy to 4 baby chicks tomorrow. I have 3 small children too I was feeling prepared but now I"m freaking a bit. I have a large rubber-made container with pine shavings, a feeder, and then my husband is supposed to make one of those automatic waterers with a nipple drilled into a...
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    expecting 5 new babies

    are there any useful posts or specific resources you'd recommend for people who have small children and chickens? There are two reasons why my chickens can't be completely "free range". the first, I don't want poop all over where the children play in the back yard, and 2, we have a dog, and...
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    expecting 5 new babies

    thank you!
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    expecting 5 new babies

    Hi there chicken enthusiasts! I live in PA, have 3 young children (6,3,1), and I just did something wacky.... ordered 5 day old chicks... I've done lots of reading, feel confident in the initial stages, but I"m having trouble formulating my coop and run plan. We have a side yard that's about 150...
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