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    Spunky Gets Stuck - Fence Injury & What We Learned.

    I am considering this now that you've mentioned it. Would you coop them all at night or should I be bringing her in at night and reintroducing in the morning?
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    Spunky Gets Stuck - Fence Injury & What We Learned.

    Spunky is still very painful; hobbling to the point of falling over when she tries to walk and crying for her flockmates. She ate well and drank a ton of water. It was a fight this morning to get her to take her meds. She's doing better than yesterday though; I think she was in shock when we...
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    Spunky Gets Stuck - Fence Injury & What We Learned.

    Hi all. First time chicken owner and as my RIR's approach 5 months, they have been difficult to contain in the yard. This evening we came home to one of our chickens stuck in the fence by her foot, I don't know how long she was stuck there for. Sad Spunky in the car. She was non weight...
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    Moving chicks from brooder to coop?

    Update, all four are females!
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    Moving chicks from brooder to coop?

    Hi all. We made the decision to move the pullets out yesterday. I kept them in the coop closed for 24hrs with food/water. I opened the door this morning and on the camera I saw they all were out. When I went to close the coop at dusk, they were all back in the coop. Unrelated, I did draw some...
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    Moving chicks from brooder to coop?

    First time chicken owner! I have four RIR pullets about 2-3 weeks old and they are going feral in the brooder. The temps here range from 79F in the morning to 67F at night. Will they survive being moved this week or do I need to wait longer? I can't run a heat source to the coop. TIA!
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