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    Very worried!!! Chicks breathing fast and making a clicking noise...

    Did she come from a smaller egg? Apparently small eggs have small chicks hatch out. I've only hatched 4 eggs though so I don't have a massive amount of experience. I think just keep doing what you're doing, if she is drinking and eating now, even if it is just a little bit more, then she must be...
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    Very worried!!! Chicks breathing fast and making a clicking noise...

    I would phone a vet and see if someone can see her. Make sure the temperature is right and that she isn't too hot or too cold. What bedding are you using? If you can get her gently, press her side against your ear and try and listen to her breathing. A chicken's lungs are actually just under...
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    what breed are my chicks?

    Yes they do as far as I can see. Their combs are only just starting to grow now. After googling each of the breeds to see what they look like as adults I think I agree with you. They are all starting to look like mini chickens rather than chicks now
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    what breed are my chicks?

    Sorry, I tried to put them on as groups but it got hard to keep track. I have two white chicks, one brown and a pale brown one. The two white chicks are exactly the same, but the other two are different.
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    what breed are my chicks?

    Here are some more recent pictures now that they're 5 weeks
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    moving chicks outside

    How did the chicks get on? Mine are 5 weeks old and I'm trying to move them outside this week. Temperatures here are similar to yours, about 57 at day and not much difference during the night according to my weather apps. They have been spending most of the day outside for about three weeks and...
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    When can I move my chicks outside?

    The weather across the next few days is set to be quite wet, so I think I'll keep them inside until Wednesday and have another look. Last night was their first night with no light whatsoever and they chirped for a while but then they slept solidly all night, rather than waking up at random...
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    beaks going black? help!

    Oh thank goodness, the only forum I could find for similar, they all died :( I did wonder if it was because they drink from a bottle and not a bowl? I was fed up of changing their water 8 times a day so taught them to use a bottle left over from my pet mice
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    beaks going black? help!

    I have four chicks who are going to be five weeks old on Sunday. Two of them have beaks going black and I don't know if it is normal or not because I'm a first time hatcher. I have no idea what their breeds are, I bought them as fertilised eggs and was told they are "mixed buff crosses". Two...
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    When can I move my chicks outside?

    I have 4 chicks who will be 5 weeks old on Sunday, and I'm just wondering when they will be feathered enough to make the big move outside? They have been going outside for most of the day for nearly two weeks because the weather has been really warm, but today,in true English fashion, it has...
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    how long will my chickens lay for?

    My chickens are a little over a year old, and they lay almost every day. I was just wondering how long they lay for? They laid all through winter without added light in their coop. They are Cottage Gold Lines
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    Shell less eggs

    We add calcium by keeping the egg shells from used eggs, and when we have a tray full, we put them in the oven for 10 minutes at around 200°c. We tend to put them in when preheating the oven for something, and once you take them out, let them cool, and then put them all in a bag and crush them...
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    when should I introduce roosting?

    My little babies are four weeks old today and I've just started leaving them outside for several hours at a time. They still spend the nights inside because here in England the weather is never predictable. They seem to be loving it and always come in exhausted, but I noticed that after giving...
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    Getting baby chicks in and helping a struggling chick.

    Glad they are doing better now :) maybe it was a little bit younger than the others, or was just more stressed by travelling. Hopefully as it comes to terms with their new home they will flourish
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    what breed are my chicks?

    This last one was hard to get a photo of because it wouldn't stay still, so I took a few
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