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Quote: They are all pullets, I think. I'm new to chicken raising. . I have a barred Plymouth rock, a Rhode island red, an austrolorp, a jersey giant, an Easter egger, an a gold laced Wyandotte. They are all but one pecking each other and they are eating the feathers. I am feeding them purina...

Their coop and run is about 80sqft. I figured that was enough for 6 chickens. Do I need to make it bigger? Thanks for the blu cote advice. I'll try it. I am also trying something called pecker wrecker that's suppose to stop back pecking. I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck with it.

I have 6 12-week old chickens of different breeds. All but 1 are pecking each other. They seem to be eating the feathers. How do I get them to stop? I have had to seperate one because her butt was scabbed up.

I just got my new chicks in yesterday. I can't believe how incredibly cute they are. This is my first batch of chicks. I feel like a new mom.

I just ordered 6 chicks from MPC and all were received just fine.

I started out only want three, ended up ordering six and now I can't stop popping into the feedstores to see what kind of chicks they have.

How adorable!

I ordered my chicks from them and though I have not received them yet. They were quick to answer all the questions I emailed to them (I'm new to chickens so I had a ton). They were very helpful and very personable.

These chicks are super cute. I can't wait to get mine. They come in september.

What about medicated feed? Is this for the first couple weeks of a chicks life?

Does anyone have any good suggestions for fixturing the light? My heat lamp just has a clamp and I was going to just clip it to the side of my brooder but I was worried it would fall in.

Those chicks are super cute. I'm so envious. My chicks don't come until early september. I can't wait!

You should post this pic on the lol cats site. Very cute pic.

I don't even have my chickens yet and I can't get enough of this site. I like perusing the site for tips on raising chickens.

Hello All, I recently bought a new house out in Buckeye, AZ. My daughter was upset about moving so I offered up baby chicks as a bribe for moving. I planned to commit to my promise so I began doing research on raising chickens and appropriate chicken breeds for hot weather and children...