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    8 week old chicks living in my dinning room, big enough to be moved to thier coop?

    Now, I live down South, and we don't get much cold weather here, but I think I have an idea for you! Maybe you should let them play in the coop during the day, and bring them in at night when the temperature drops. And on introducing new birds, the way that I find works best is putting the new...
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    New babies!! What are they?

    Our chicks! One standard Buff Orpington (the big gold one, back left) and four bantams! Does anyone know what breeds our bantams are? Thanks!!
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    Review by '' on item 'Old English Game Bantam'

    OEGBs are most definitely my favorite breed of chickens! My very favorite hen I ever had was a silver duckwing Old English hen named Blaze, and she was the sweetest, cutest thing. She would run up to you to say hi (she wasn't really a cuddler, but I think that if I had spent more time with her...
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    Meyer Hatchery?

    We're going to be ordering about 5ish chicks from Meyer Hatchery. I was wondering if you think that they're the best place to get chicks from? Did you have any problems? I'd love any feedback!
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    Chick Questions?

    Hello? Anybody?
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    Chick Questions?

    I've had chickens on and off for about five years- our last ones, sadly, were killed by a possum early July. We've torn down the old coop, and have plans for a bigger, better one! We're going to be getting around 5 new babies (probably more, according to chicken math!) one we finish coop...
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    Broody got attacked by HAWK---Help!

    I had almost the same thing happen to several of my girls over the years. Each time I treated them the same way, and it seems to work pretty well! What I did is I treated their wound(s) with hydrogen peroxide, then put petroleum jelly (Vaseline) on it. Do this twice a day until it starts to...
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    Hello from Florida!

    Hi there! My name is Elena, and I've been using this site for so long, I finally decided do make an account. Right now, I'm ''in between'' flocks, as our last four girls were killed by a possum : ( We're going to be building a new coop soon, so hopefully we'll have some more ladies up and at 'em...
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