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    Time to move the chicks outside, right?

    So I have four chickens that are right at 8 weeks old. Right now they are in the brooder on the front porch. The current temperature is 62 degrees. I have a heater in there on the lowest setting. I have my old coop that I'm going to transfer them to before they go to the main coop. I do...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Very nice. I like it. Jamie
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    I have a few things inside I want to finish first. Once they're done, I'll post a video walkthrough. Jamie
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Here's a partially completed picture of my coop. I have since completed it, but haven't taken anynew pictures yet. This was back in September. All the wood came from recycled pallets at work. Not the 48x40 kind, usually 5'x8', 4'x10', or 5'x10'. The half that is enclosed has a concret...
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    New chick problems

    I forgot today's update. No more casualties. A couple with mild pasty butt. Do some breeds get that more often than others? The australorps have not had it once. The easter eggers a few times. The orpingtons more often than the other two combined. Jamie
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    Chicks dying, no idea why

    It's definately a shame. Everything does sound identical to what I experienced, except for the customer service from the hatchery. That's terrible. I'm glad I didn't order from Cackle and based on this, I doubt I ever will. While I had losses, the customer service where I ordered was great...
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    New chick problems

    I read that, too. I mixed them the morning they were delivered so that I could have the nutrients to them as soon as I put them in, and the grogel I mixed immediately beforehand. Nope, I don't work cedar. I do work with some exotic hardwoods, and thought about that. From the time that I...
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    New chick problems

    That sounds very similar. They act sleepy and it's as if they can't properly wake up again. Last time I dipped each chics beak into the water. This time I did it into the grogel. I watched almost every one of them consume some of it. Mine also did not act as though they were cold. They...
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    New chick problems

    Well, I didn't update yesterday, but I did find two more casualties on Friday afternoon. Nothing more since. They are all moving around and based on the amount of food I've refilled, eating quite heartily. I've had to clean four pasty bottoms so far, but otherwise, nothing seems wrong...
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    New chick problems

    Then again, maybe I spoke too soon. There were three dead this evening when I got home. I'll give another update tomorrow, hopefully without any more casualties. Jamie
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    New chick problems

    So the replacement birds arrived today. Last time, they went to the nearby distribution hub (in the city where I work) but this time they went to my hometown post office. I picked them up after work. A few changes since the last set of chics. I was going to put the brooder either in the...
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    New chick problems

    They haven't shipped the new batch yet, that will be the week of February 10th. I hope to have the brooder moved to it's permanent location by then. If not, they will be in my grow room. I plan on providing a bit more heat initially this time. I'll have the nutrients mixed and ready to...
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    New chick problems

    Weak birds that got chilled is my unexperienced conclusion. I'm glad that somebody with more experience also came to that conclusion. Nope. All of my lighting is either flourescent or led. I've heard they are sensitive. Jamie
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    New chick problems

    Led rope lighting. It's beyond their reach. It's more for lighting than for heat. The shop head and the brooder heater provide their heat instead of a heat lamp. I'm a little paranoid about burning down my shop. I'm a blacksmith(bladesmith really, my forging always was towards making...
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    New chick problems

    Yep, I checked it when I first got it. I had it plugged in the day before I thought they were in and checked it again before putting the chicks in. When I started seeing problems, I checked it again. Heat was there each time. Jamie
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