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    Newbie

    Welcome! Glad you joined!:frow:)
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    Raising our first chickens!

    Welcome! It is hard to tell your chick's gender until you hear it crowing or not. Some hens have larger combs so combs don't always confirm it. Just my piece of advice. Very cute!:love:D
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    8 week old rescue

    Maybe a new Hampshire red? Or a buff Orpington? It is hard to tell.
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    Sick chicken not walking or standing

    Give her apple cider vinegar. One tablespoon per a gallon of water. It will help flush out whatever sickness is in her.
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    What mix for the most colorful eggs?

    If you go to a store like tractor supply co, you might be able to find all/most of these breeds I'm about to share as chirpy little chicks. White eggs: Leghorns would be the best. They are good egg-layers that will lay plenty of white eggs. Maybe silkies, but I've never had a silkie so I'm not...
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    window placement and ramp angle

    Hello. We didn't build our coop and we bought it, but I can still give you recommendations. For the windows, maybe not on the wind side. It depends on your climate, but you don't want cold air blowing directly onto your hens at night in the winter. Our coop has screen windows that are...
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    Doves + Red squirrels

    There isn't much you can do. Trying to interfere with the nest next year will probably make the parents abandon it. The parents just need to build their nest in a new tree or in a new area to avoid the problem. It is good that you care about the poor babies though! :hit:(
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    Can Ducklings eat chick starter?

    Yep. It would be fine for them, as long as you switched to normal duck feed when they get older and not chicken feed.
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    Help with new mama pecking chicks

    I agree with @sourland. Not sure if there is much more you can do though.
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    When can I take water and food out of the coop?

    I personally like to keep the feed inside the coop so they can eat it before they go to bed at night, but if you like keeping it in the run, go ahead. As long as the weather is fine, it doesn't matter whether or not you keep the food in the coop or the run.:p
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    Buff Orpington Roo or Hen?

    I would vote, but the chick seems too young to tell. Does the chick just make a lot of noise or does the chick actually make a crowing noise?
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    Good Afternoon!

    Welcome welcome, great to meet you!
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    Questions about brinsea eco glow

    Probably. Just keep observing them.
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    Rooster walking with his tail on the ground- Is it normal?

    I think that you're right to be worried. My chickens always squat or hang their tails low if they are sick or have a problem. Keep checking on him, and if any other signs of sickness, like strange poop, shallow breathing, isolation, etc.. think about taking action. Or maybe his tail was hurt if...
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    Help!! Do I have a cockerel?!?!!

    Combs can sometimes be abnormally big or colorful. The defining moment when you know your chick is a cockerel is when it begins to crow. Maybe for the certain breed, it is an obvious strange comb, but unless it is crowing, it isn't enough evidence to guarantee that your chick is a cockerel.
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