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    Starving? Really?

    Okay, that's what I wanted to know: twice a day, roughly. I don't have "free access to food all day" because feeding them is how we get them into the coop in the evenings. We're usually ready to put them up before it's all the way dark (it's the beginning of summer here, so it doesn't get full...
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    Starving? Really?

    My five little nuggets are 6 weeks old. They're full-time outside, but they only go into their coop to sleep or get out of the weather. From first thing in the morning until bedtime, they free-range on an almost-acre of grass, weeds, clover, and a veggie garden that they LOVE to play in. Plenty...
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    Baby chick died, had pasty butt. Need advice for living chicks

    Apple Cider Vinegar in their water helps prevent pasty butt. I'm not sure of the measurements; I don't measure. I just put a few drops (maybe a teaspoon??) into a quart-size jar and fill it up with spring water. I have 5 chicks, got them the day they hatched, I've NEVER had chickens before and...
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    When to move outside on their own?

    They're one week old. I don't have any other chickens, these are the first. It's in the 80's here every day. I've moved the brooder light as high as it will go and tilted it sideways a little, and they still avoid that end of the brooder. They're hot, but it's coolish in the house (which is...
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    First dust bath- kinda scary!

    My chickies are a week old. We made a little box-type deal with an open floor and put it outside on a brick base so they could be outside during the day, scratching and pecking. I went out to check on them a few minutes ago, and three of them were huddled together, lying on their sides, kicking...
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    One-week-olds FLYING ALREADY?!

    Yes, this! This is exactly what happened. Once they went outside into their little "play pen" we set up for them, that was it :D
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    One-week-olds FLYING ALREADY?!

    I can't believe how quickly these little rascals are growing. They'll be a week old tomorrow, and already they're trying to fly out of their brooder. Ugh..... I don't know what to do. We don't have anywhere to put them until the coop is built, and that's at least 2 weeks out. Their brooder is in...
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    OMG I never would have thought that I could love these chickies so much <3 Three hatched last Thursday, one Friday, and the last one Saturday, so they're not even a week old yet. They have such amazing little personalities, though. They know who I am, and they go to sleep in my hand when I hold...
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    Can you tell a mixed breed with ZERO info?

    Bump. Anybody?
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    Can you tell a mixed breed with ZERO info?

    I have 5 chickies. 3 are 3 days old, 1 is 2 days old, and the fifth just hatched early this morning. My friend who I got them from, has no idea what kind of chickens she has. She got them from a flea market, and were told they were "game hens." One of which turned out to be a rooster. Her...
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    Few hours old. Is it pasty butt??

    This is good to know, thank you! For bedding, I'm just using kitchen towels. More laundry, but I'm liking the fact that I don't have to buy anything else, and I can just go shake it out, toss in the wash, and put a new one down. I have two Rubbermaid boxes, and I'm just switching them out twice...
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    Few hours old. Is it pasty butt??

    Aw, thank you! I'm fairly terrified. I've never raised chicks before, so I'm stressing over all kinds of stuff. Like how close/far the light is, whether or not they're eating enough. I worried last night that they were lonely in their little box in the laundry room, and my husband put his foot...
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    Few hours old. Is it pasty butt??

    Thank you! I was worried. I hope I didn't hurt her too badly :(
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    Few hours old. Is it pasty butt??

    I got 4 chicks today. Three hatched last night, but one just hatched about an hour before I got there to pick them up. She has a little black clump on her her bottom. I took a wet rag and wiped at it, but it's raw, and it hurt her. The others don't have anything on their butts. Could this be...
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    If a friend's hen is hatching "my" eggs.....

    .... when is it safe for me to take the chicks away? I don't know anything about birds compared to other animals; do they need to stay with their mama for a certain amount of time? If so, when should I get them? These will be our very first chickens (we are SO excited, been planning for them for...
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