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    Surprise white chick

    Alright, thank you! :)
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    Surprise white chick

    From Mt. Healthy Hatchery! You’re most likely right.. for future reference though, can Lavender Orpington chicks/pullets come in her coloring and change as they grow, or are they always a darker muted blue/grey from the beginning?
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    Surprise white chick

    Hello! Our chicks are two months old now and have changed quite a bit. We had ordered 13 chicks but got a surprise extra, and while we have our guesses on her breed, we’re not quite sure. We thought she might be a Lavender Orpington.. she has a slightly darker head that looks a bit grey under...
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    Petsitting friend’s chickens in the same area as our own chicks?

    Gotcha.. if it were to happen, the the chickens/their feeders and waterers would not be in contact with each other, and they wouldn’t be out together. But you’re right, it would be very difficult to avoid spreading disease when we interact with them and their things, and they would still be...
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    Petsitting friend’s chickens in the same area as our own chicks?

    Hello! We received our first ever day-old chicks about two weeks ago. :love We are giving them water soluble minerals and electrolytes, feeding them medicated chick feed, and they all received a vaccine against Marek’s Disease prior to coming. A few had impacted crop and some issues with poop...
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    How late is too late to get chicks in the fall? (I live in Chicagoland suburbs)

    Thanks! I was considering getting a flat panel heater for them if anything- although I’ve heard that if they have a source of heat in the coop, they won’t be able to go without it throughout the winter; is that true? Also, what would you say is the limit to how cold it can be outside for them to...
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    How late is too late to get chicks in the fall? (I live in Chicagoland suburbs)

    Hey there, My family has been very interested in keeping chickens for a while. We recently just got the opportunity to be able to get some, but are wondering if it’s too late to get day-old chicks so that we would be able to transfer them to an outdoor coop before the cold hits, having to let...
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