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    Yolk not absorbed on a newly hatched chick. Advice?

    I'll definitely try that if this happens again, but right after I posted the yolk sac fell off. She started eating and drinking almost immediately and then had a good 24 hours of solo rest in the brooder before her brothers and sisters started showing up. She looks great now but boy was I...
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    Yolk not absorbed on a newly hatched chick. Advice?

    It's day 20 of incubation and one of my chicks has already hatched. She started with some yolk sac showing (maybe the size of an m&m) but as she's been moving around more is appearing. We're talking larger than a quarter size. She was acting pretty much like I'm used to seeing a new chick act...
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    Rooster problems

    Thanks everyone for all of the replies and advice. I talked to my husband and we agree that culling the rooster is what we need to do. Looks like it is going to happen this weekend, and in the meantime he is staying locked in the run. Hopefully the smaller roo works out. He likes to hop up in...
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    Rooster problems

    I got my first set of baby chicks back in June and they are now 18 weeks old. I ordered 10 hens and one cockerel, but in the end one was mis-sexed and I now have a flock of nine ladies and two roos free ranging in my backyard. At first it seemed to be working out, but a couple of weeks ago I...
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    Hangin' out with the Big Girls. ***PICS***

    So cute!
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    chicks arrived :(

    Aww, I'm sorry that happened to you. I have a little one and I can only imagine how hard she would take it. If you don't mind the question, what hatchery did you order from?
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    Chicks filling waterer with shavings

    My chicks would knock so many shavings into their water that it would completely plug up, so I started putting a piece of cardboard underneath. The piece of cardboard gets pretty nasty, so I change it out for a fresh piece once a week or so.
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    Anyone have new chicks coming?

    I have 11 chicks on their way from Ideal. We're 2 1/2 hours away from the hatchery so I'm hoping the babies will be at the post office in the morning. Fingers crossed.
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    Greetings from San Antonio Texas!

    Best Biology teacher ever! Welcome to BYC from a fellow forum noob. :)
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    Hi

    Neat! What kind did you get?
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    Hello from Oklahom...North Texas

    Thanks everybody! I think I'm gonna like it here.
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    Hello from Oklahom...North Texas

    Hi everybody! I am moving to North Texas from Oklahoma next month and shortly thereafter should be receiving my very own day old chicks from a local hatchery. I am currently working on coop design because I want to make sure that my babies have nice raccoon-proof digs. I'll be making a post...
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