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    Feedback on Learning Center "Treats Chart"

    I fed one of my girls some of my left over sweet potato that had butter, a little cinnamon and no sugar. I did it to calm her so she could divert her attention to the food rather than my holding her. I pulled little pieces from the potato as she sat on my on my lap. I kept putting my finger to...
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    One of my 3 week old GLW Ellen is not doing well please help.

    I'll do this and see what happens. Thank you so much! Also how do you know of any way to keep the chicks from pecking at their own feet?
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    One of my 3 week old GLW Ellen is not doing well please help.

    We discovered that she has been bullied by most of the other chickens to the point where she started to peck at her own toes, which I wrapped up in band aids. Now three days later after we took her away from the main flock aside from two other small GLW's that are really kind to her and sleep...
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    Help! Pasty Butt

    The chick's won't eat the plain yogurt. We use Greek Gods yogurt with probiotics, strawberry honey flavored. You can use just the honey flavored too. Grind up the feed and add some rolled oats 50% of each, then a teaspoon or two of the yogurt. And some hot water to make it thick like paste...
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    Help! Pasty Butt

    Yes clean it. It can very easily change from that to pasty butt because some of the poop will catch and get stuck. Had this happen a few times.
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    Urban Chick Goo

    I have the starter in the brooder all the time so they can eat it. The goo is just a treat.
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    Urban Chick Goo

    We have twenty 21 baby chicks. We had ordered 20 but the sent 22. When the arrived one was really weak. We had the pin all set up for them, making sure we had heat, laid down bedding. Did everything right. We had first made the chick goo so we could get the weak chick to eat. So we hand feed her...
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    peanutbutter??

    The type of citrus I am referring to was lemon, lime, oranges. That kind. I read that fruit with super high acid content is not good for them.
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    peanutbutter??

    Not everything. They can't have citrus or chocolate, and some plants they can't eat because there is something in it that can make them sick.
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    Good treats for baby chicks?

    We're new to this too but we read that ground up, but not into flour, of old fashion rolled oats made into a slurry was good for them. I also added one teaspoon of Greek Gods strawberry honey yogurt to it and they devoured it in no time flat! Before I gave it to the rest though, we have a weak...
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