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    Help! They won't eat pellets!

    I have tried crumbling them in my hand but only one of them will eat that and even then it's not a true attempt to eat much. I will try the dampening option and see if that works. I'm assuming that in the meantime we should cut off other forms of food like veggies/bread/mealworms until they...
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    Help! They won't eat pellets!

    Last weekend we changed our chicken feed from crumbles to pellets. Since then they have not eaten them. Everyone keeps telling me they will eat if they get hungry enough, but it doesn't seem to be working. One of them will eat a little of it if I break it up in my hand but the other two flat out...
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    A few questions about moving my chicks outside...

    Thanks so much for all the info, I really appreciate it! One more question: When they are outside full time and locked in the coop at night, are they ok in there without food and water or should I put some in there too? The Eglu's feeder/water is out in the run, so they won't have access to it...
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    A few questions about moving my chicks outside...

    Hi everyone, This is my first time raising chicks and they are now 6 weeks old (give or take). We bought the 3 of them on Saturday March 17th but they were a couple of days old already - a Buff Orpington (Buffy), an Ameraucana (Phoebe), and an Australorp (Miss Heidi - my 6 year old named it...
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