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    Ended Contest #8 Funniest Chicken Picture Contest - 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong

    From a butt rub to a butt warming our girls have it rough lol if they only knew how many of the siblings had been on that grill ha ha
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    feed for meat birds

    Thanks for the info
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    feed for meat birds

    I raised a dozen laying hen chicks this spring and now have 3/4 of a bag of medicated crumbles left is it ok or should I say would it hurt to feed the meat chicks the rest of the medicated food rather than waste it??? BTW there are 40 meat chicks so they wont get much and it wont last long...
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    missing feathers, inflamed skin

    Thanks I'll keep an eye out but as of yet I have not seen that. But in hind sight they maybe the bottom of the pecking order. As I have noticed they roost side by side on the bottom shelf. ?????
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    missing feathers, inflamed skin

    I am having the same issues, I have 18 girls at the moment, a mix of breeds all first and second year layers all the sudden two of them have developed a bare spot about 1/3-1/2 the side of there back with all but the pin feathers missing and the area gets progressively redder and more inflamed...
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    New eager to learn and ready to talk all about it.!!

    O i totally understand and don't really mind the chicks getting loved. In fact I'm just as guilty. And I totally understand that with any animal the earlier you can form a trust and bond the better for life in the long run. As it is apparent that the older girls got some loving as chicks as...
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    New eager to learn and ready to talk all about it.!!

    Thanks for the quick welcome.. I also forgot I got soft when buying supply's at the feed store and picked up 6 assorted day old chicks.. whipped up a quick brooder in a huge rubber made tote. got to love those baby's lol still researching how to best intro them to the big girls, but have...
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    New eager to learn and ready to talk all about it.!!

    Good morning all, Name is Paul, from Lisbon falls, Maine. Been thinking about getting backyard chickens for quite some time now but never actually took the leap until 2 weeks ago. Wow how fast things have happened, I found BYC and a few other amazing resource sites, and have done a TON of...
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