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    Newbie - Weather and Outdoor Chicks

    We have four chicks now that are 5 weeks old. Coop and run just got completed and they spent all day in it yesterday until I brought them back into the garage for the night. SoCal - High 40s at night. They seem to be doing fine inside. No brooder heater anymore and I haven't been heating the...
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    Help with confirming sexes

    Hi everyone, I have two of my biggest chicks I want to confirm are pullets. Blue Plymouth Rock and a Wellsummer. They are currently 4 weeks old per the feed store worker but I'm curious if they are a little older than that. I read wellsummer females are darker than the males so I'm leaning she...
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    Introducing new chicks to older chicks

    Great, thank you for your advice! They are being shipped (close location to me but still shipped) so I think I will set them up separate and make sure they get a lot of TLC the first few days before hand.
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    Introducing new chicks to older chicks

    Hi all, I currently have 4 chicks that are a few days short of a week old. I have three more chicks coming in two week from now (4/8/24) Can I add the three new ones in with the rest of the gang or do I need to set up a second brooder next to it? I feel like they are close to same age, but the...
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    Best brand of laying feed for chickens

    Ok, Thank you so much. I am inclined to keep them on it. I appreciate the fast response!
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    Best brand of laying feed for chickens

    I currently have chicks on Purina Flock Raiser Crumbles as thats what the feed store was feeding them. Purina says it's good for pullets but do you feed this to your mature flock? Any drawbacks? Thanks.
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    Hello

    Hello everyone, Greetings from Southern California. Family of four, with two eager boys ready to dive into the chicken world. We are new to owning chickens ourselves, but have close neighbors who have helped us out already even before getting any chicks and have healthy flocks of their own. My...
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