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    Switching from chick starter to all-flock pellets?

    It depends if your chicks were vaccinated after hatching. why give medicine if they were already vaccinated at hatching? I buy my day-old chicks from the feed store and they told me to pick up medicated.
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    Unknown death...

    I'm sorry for your loss. I had an 8 or 9 week old Buff Orpington die a few weeks ago out of nowhere. I read in "storey's guide to raising chickens" that giving your chickens an inspection each day helps in identifying problems before they become deadly. The problem I have with that advice...
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    First Egg!!

    I have 4 RIR and 4 Barred Plymouth Rocks all about 19 weeks old. Not sure which one layed it... but I picked up our very first egg this afternoon!
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    How do people afford this?

    I don't think it's a financial secret exactly. I lived paycheck to paycheck for five years after a fun divorce experience. During that time I learned to manage my money and resources to live. I continued to live that way for six months into retirement. Now I don't work and found raising...
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    Molting?

    Thanks Oldhen, that clears up my question. I was getting worried about my 2 Buff Orpingtons losing their feathers. They have pretty much stopped laying eggs too. I hope they start laying when their feathers grow back.
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    Topic of the Week - Chicken Behaviour and Flock Dynamics Part 2 - Bullying Behaviour

    I have a group of 15 wk old rir and barred rock pullets. I also have two 13 week old barred rock pullets. I've had the 15wk girls in a large coop for the past 8 weeks and had the two little ones in a dog training crate in the corner of the coop for 6 weeks. I figured having them together...
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    Holding Pullets

    Now that I think about it I held one pullet this way and she was very calm. I read a chicken raising book that suggests to catch them by the legs and firmly hold them by the thighs. But the girls still flap their wings unless I hold them in my arms which seems to work.
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    How old should my chicks be when I put them with laying hens

    I have 4 RIR 14 weeks and 2 barred rock 11 weeks. The two groups have been side by side for about 6 weeks and every time I let them out to play the rir chase and peck the br's. When I coral them back to the coop they go in together but the br's hide in one of the hiding places and won't come...
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    Do my chicks need to have medicated feed?

    You can start feeding them the medicated feed on day one, but I read somewhere on here that you don't need medicated feed if your babies were vaccinated after hatching. Good luck with your flock!
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