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    Mystery chics = D

    Thank you! Glad I took a closer look!
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    Mystery chics = D

    The original pics were @ 5 days old, these comb pics are @ ~14 days
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    Mystery chics = D

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    Mystery chics = D

    Now that I am looking closer I think you may be right. I thought it was a pea comb at first but now it looks like a single... let me go grab a better pic
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    Mystery chics = D

    Wonderful! Thank you for the input!
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    Mystery chics = D

    I recently got some chics and 6 out of 8 I have been able to ID. The last 2 (by process of elimination based on my order) should be welsummer chicks but they definitely aren’t. They are solid yellow, have VERY feathered feet, 4 toes, and pea combs. So far they are feathering in solid white on...
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    Can 3mo old pullets eat layer feed?

    Thank you! I can definitely provide separate feeders with oyster shell
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    Can 3mo old pullets eat layer feed?

    I have a large coop with 7 one year old hens (australorp, faverolle, brahma) and a small coop set up right next to the adult run with 6 three month olds (brahma, wyandotte, golden buff). The babies are out growing the small coop and I was hoping to mix them with the adults ASAP. My concerns is...
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    Moving brooder from house to shed

    I currently have 6 chicks (three 1-wk olds and three 2-wk olds) all doing great. They are in a 55 gallon fish tank (in the house) with a brinsea heater. I would like to move them to my 4'x5' wooden brooder box soon to give them more room. The bigger brooder is in my shed which protects from...
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    Mixing chicks (1 week younger)

    Just wanted to say thank you for all of your advice and support! Everyone has been doing great after the introduction!
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    Mixing chicks (1 week younger)

    Thank you everyone! I am far less nervous now
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    Mixing chicks (1 week younger)

    A distraction! Awesome, I will try that. The current chicks are a brahma, a wyandotte, and 2 golden buffs. Additions will be 2 golden buffs and another wyandotte
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    Mixing chicks (1 week younger)

    Hi everyone! Still pretty new at this but had a successful "rearing" of chicks last year and I'm at it again- how do you stop yourselves lol?! Finally understanding chicken math!! I just LOVE my girls = D Anyway, I had some chicks shipped this week (hatched Monday 4/3) and lost 2 rapidly (so...
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    Brand new... With questions

    So THAT'S what chicken math is! lol! I'm learning so many cool things! I had no idea that eggs didn't have to be refrigerated right away! You folks are so generous with your knowledge, thank you!
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    Brand new... With questions

    Thank you for your reply! Yes, I've been checking out the learning center everyday to read on as many topics as I can. My husband has been appointed foreman of coop construction. It's going to be an 8x8 mimicking the layout of one designed by an Ag Engineering Dept from U of Wisconsin (with a...
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