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    Do I need to feed Layer's rations??

    I have seven 21 week-old pullets (a wyandotte, 2 barred rocks, a black giant and 3 ameracaunas) who share a coop with my 24 10-week-old chicks. I've been feeding them all starter/grower (sunfresh), but some of my big girls just started laying adorable little eggs yesterday, and I'm wondering if...
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    Layer's rations necessary?

    I have seven 21 week-old pullets (a wyandotte, 2 barred rocks, a black giant and 3 ameracaunas) who share a coop with my 24 10-week-old chicks. I've been feeding them all starter/grower (sunfresh), but some of my big girls just started laying adorable little eggs yesterday, and I'm wondering if...
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    how many would you order?

    I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. I recently got a straight run of 20 Barred Rocks--I have only five (yep, that was 5) pullets of the batch!
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    We Have Eggs!!!

    So exciting!! i can't wait until my girls get going!
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    Older hens bullying chicks???

    I have 24 5 and 1/2 week old barred rocks and Ameraucanas. For the last week and 1/2, they have been sharing the coop with my 16 and 1/2 week old pullets (a silver-laced Wye, a Black Giant, 2 Barred Rocks, and 4 Ameraucanas). I divided the coop down the middle, so they can see each other, but...
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    Please help!!! Mixing babies with big girls--best/safest way?

    I have 24 5 and 1/2 week old barred rocks and Ameraucanas. For the last week and 1/2, they have been sharing the coop with my 16 and 1/2 week old pullets (a silver-laced Wye, a Black Giant, 2 Barred Rocks, and 4 Ameraucanas). I divided the coop down the middle, so they can see each other, but...
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    when and how can I start to tell roos from pullets?

    I have 21 barred rock chicks, and I'm wondering what are some of the signs to look for to tell them apart, and how early can I get a hint? They are ten days old, and I ordered a straight run--I'm just curious who's who and what the breakdown is.
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    chiks eating litter?

    I have 25 10-day old barred rock and Ameracauna chicks, and just transferred them from paper towels to shavings. All were growing well and eating well from the feeder. Now that I've switched them, about 2/3 seem to be attacking the food in the feeder, but the other 1/3 seems to be eating the...
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    litter questions

    So, I start my chicks on several layers of paper towels, covering newspaper, in the brooder. I've been told to be cautious about how soon I switch to shavings, as the chicks might get confused and eat shavings rather than food. My chicks were a week old this past Wednesday, and I've had them, on...
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    When can I?

    I'm pretty sure I started with mine by then.... not a lot, mind you, but some. I think I had tried to give them stuff before then, but they weren't sure what to do with anything that wasn't feed or a bug. I sort of figured that when they got old enough to know that treats were edible, well, they...
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    cleaned pasty bums, now vents seem red and swollen???

    Well, I cleaned them all and everyone seems fine today. But now I've noticed one or two others who seems to be a bit poopy too. I don't get why--they don't seem to have diarrhea. Their poop seems normal, but sometimes on some of them, it seems to get stuck in their fuzz, and then once one poop...
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    cleaned pasty bums, now vents seem red and swollen???

    Thanks again to all!
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    cleaned pasty bums, now vents seem red and swollen???

    Thanks opa--I know I sound neurotic. This is only my second batch of chicks. I raised the first 24 without problems, but had something kill two, then 12--in separate incidents. Yesterday I discovered the neighbor's lab (who I had SWORN was too big to fit through the chicken door) in the coop...
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    cleaned pasty bums, now vents seem red and swollen???

    Hi guys, I got a new batch of chicks on Saturday (21 barred rocks and 4 ameraucanas). This morning I pulled out the 6 or 8 with poopy bums, and used warm water and a soft rag to soften up and pull off the poop. But when I stuck them back in, their vents seemed really noticeable. I can't tell if...
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    Adding new chicks to existing flock

    At what age can I put them in this divided pen?
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