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    putting new baby chicks with 1-2 week old chicks?

    they didn’t peck the feet, thankfully they settled in, although one of the 9 week old barnevelders is pecking feathers off the rest of the girls 😔
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    9 week old pecking/pulling feathers from other chicks. Help?

    Hello there, I have 8 chicks around 9 weeks old outside in their coop and run. We have one barnevelder who is pecking feathers off the other chicks. How do we know if it’s just pecking order issues or if that chick is being a bully? I’m worried the flock might be getting stressed out and...
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    Integrating adult birds into a Flock of 4-5 week olds?

    Usually we see the question, how to integrate chicks into with the big girls coop. How about the reverse? We might be getting an amazing home for our chicks, but they come with 4 hens. Is the integration the same way as chicks to Hens? We have 9 chicks between 4-5 weeks old. Just seeing if...
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    2-3 week old chicks ok with no heat for a couple of hours?

    Power company said it would take all night for the power to come back. So we fired up the generator and the girls are happy now
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    2-3 week old chicks ok with no heat for a couple of hours?

    We have 9 chicks about 2-3 weeks old and we lost power. They are right now huddling together. It’s about 70 degrees inside. Will they be okay for a couple of hours or do I need to firenup the generator
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    Suggestion for a cedar coop and a ‘wet/muddy’ area?

    We are looking at our ‘forever’ coop for our girls. Many of the real nice coops are made out of cedar. The only location where we can put the coop is in this wooded area, it rains a ton and the area does not see too much sunlight, so it’s constantly wet/mushy (the ground). Our girls will be...
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    Chicks with Dogs

    Hello there, We have our chicks in a brooder and pretty secure against our Giant Loaf of a Lab. We've sat by the brooder and handled the chicks or just watched the chicks..and at times he will come over and sniff them, but then just get bored. Is there any advantage of having him exposed to...
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    Chicks Need Trained to Go Inside Coop At Night

    For the first 1-2 weeks, we pretty much locked our ladies in the coop/run. Then for another week or so, we only allowed them out of the Coop/Run about an hour before dusk. When were confident that they knew where home was. We free ranged them full time.
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    Extra roosters

    Dang. that is a pretty difficult ratio. Good luck.
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    Moved to a New larger enclosure, 2-3 week old chicks 'getting after each other'

    Thanks everyone, yeah there isn't any blood drawing or anything. Glad that it is normal behavior at this age!
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    Moved to a New larger enclosure, 2-3 week old chicks 'getting after each other'

    Morning everyone, This might be me being a little paranoid. Anyways we moved the ladies from a large tupperware bin to a much roomier space. The smaller space the girls were doing their flapping wings and running around and they would kind of 'face off against' each other. We thought moving...
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    Free range

    Usually when all of their feathers are in..by week 6 or 7? Also, I let them have a trial period, where I let them out of the run/coop for an hour before dusk, just so they know where home is every night.
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    What age can I give bugs/insects?

    Just wondering what age everyone suggesting that you can give bugs/insects to? Our girls are about 2 weeks old. Also any really popular bugs with chickens? I know there are some 'don'ts' (like flies etc)
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    Any potential issues with mixed breed chicks?

    We hope so! Our intentions were to just have hens!
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    Any potential issues with mixed breed chicks?

    I’ve tried to do as much research as possible with these breeds, I didn’t see any trouble spots, but checking in with more experienced chicken owners. These are our nine: 2 x Light Brahmas 2 x Bernevelders 2 x Speckled Sussex 1 x Plymouth Barred Rock 1 x silver laced Wyandotte 1 x Olive Egger
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