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    What is chicken mash and its purpose?

    I have chicks and I feed starter and my feeders are always full of just the powder part at the end of the day. Is it ok to leave that as is, forcing them to eat it? I can't afford to throw it away, and I'm not going to make a wet mash ( I have 150 chicks - that's too much mess ) I wish they made...
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    I finally have a chicken in the house!

    Make sure he is comfortable and get him a feather duster, then...put his loud hiney in another room
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    feeding bread to chickens

    I used to give my 3 month old chickens bits of old bread as a treat, and they GOBBLED it. When I found out I could get a huge bag from the day old bread company cheap I began to give them all they wanted. After the first few days, their appetite for the bread slacked off, and they began to eat a...
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    hay bale brooder

    thank you 3boys, I will be very carefull and make sure they fit very snugly. I know how stuff like that happens, one of my goats was strangled on a piece of the orange string my big hay bale was wrapped with. I will be glad to get them out of my tool shed. I was told they create a dust but LORD...
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    hay bale brooder

    Hello! I have about 90 five week old chicks in my shed I would like to move into my big pen. I have a big concrete floored horse stall with attached run but the door faces north. I'm thinking of stacking hay bales 2 high in the stall facing the other way and cover with a sheet of plywood and...
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