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  1. snomonkey33

    What happens when they realize I'm not dead?

    They will assume you're dead and when you return they will assume you're a zombie and will turn against you. Seriously, they will be fine. I have left my chickens with sitters for weeks due to zoning ordinance issues and they behave the same way afterwards as they did beforehand. Not that...
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    Heat lamp and chicken sleep

    I started with a regular heat lamp, and switched to the amber heat lamp. They seem to sleep a little better with the amber one, and they definitely sleep well if you give them complete darkness (just cup your hands over their head and watch them flop down). Another thing you can do is put a...
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    So far chickens are a pain in the butt...

    I think that the poop-through floor is going to fight against the natural ability of the chickens to turn over the soil and compost their own droppings, since the flies will always have access to the poop.
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    Chicken cam - my chicks are in the big girl coop.

    Love your profile pic! here's my polish chick nodding off to sleep Lol I can see your chickens looking at the webcam. It's like they're watching me watch them.
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    My girls are getting mean

    Perhaps if you make them wait or chase them away before you allow them access they will give you more space. Sounds like they need to go to chicken reform school!
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    black spots on hard boiled egg whites?

    YES this happened to me too, although my eggs were store bought. They were free range from a local farm though. And mine were definitely brown, not black. I think it was food coloring penetrating the shell.
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    Expanding My Coop - Plans Posted >>FINISHED!!

    Looks really light weight, I love it!
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    We Failed Chicken Math

    congradulations!!!
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    I kicked my chicks out...

    I have 7 chicks in my kitchen that are about 3 weeks old, they don't stink much yet as long as I keep the shavings a couple inches deep and refresh them once a week
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    So far chickens are a pain in the butt...

    The "green" solution to the smell and flies is composting. Smell happens when the waste is sitting on the surface, which gives the flies easy access to the "nutrients". Composting might sound like a lot of work, but all the effort is in getting it started. After that all you need is a pitchfork...
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    POLISH THREAD Talk about your Polish and post pics of your Polish

    eat him! Naw I would keep him as long as he's tolerable. I do live in a suburban neighborhood though so I understand not being able to have a noisy bird when the neighbors all sleep within 30 yards of the coop.
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    2 week old chicks with 3 day old chicks?

    My older chick always walks on the younger ones. I think its trying to establish pecking order. They squawk a lot but none have died yet.
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    Chicks pecking each other

    I've also used talcum powder (similar to baby powder or foot powder), the smell supposedly confuses them so they don't know who to pick on. If she's pecking herself, I'm not sure what the problem is.
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    hey everyone!

    I took mine out at a couple weeks when it was sunny, in the 70's and low wind, one started "shivering" her tail feathers after about 20 minutes so I took them back inside.
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    What Kind of Heat Lamp for Coop??

    I assume there isn't space to back the lamp into a corner? It's hard to picture how much space there is above / around the roost without pictures you could cut out part of a wall to mount the lamp sideways, but then you might have to shield the back of the lamp from the weather.
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    2 week old chicks with 3 day old chicks?

    I would let them hang out in whatever section they want, they will self-regulate their location based on temperature. Just make sure there's an area warm enough for the newbs and an area cool enough for the old farts!
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    Chicks! w/pics Help with identifying?

    oops, got it this time. You copied the link wrong from photobucket, use the "direct link" and paste it between the img and /img brackets.
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    Sick chicks

    I would feed the medicated start & grow if they aren't vaccinated to help their immune systems. I have read on here though, that you do not want to both get them vaccinated AND use the medicated feed. I think they'd get a double dose or something. Also make sure to dip their beaks in the water...
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    What kind of yogurt?

    I would prefer plain since anything else has ridiculous amounts of sweeteners and their bodies aren't used to simple sugars. Even too much grains isn't a balanced diet. I would definitely not want to feed them artificial sweeteners which may be in "light" yogurts. I'm not sure what the...
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    Chicks eating pine shavings in brooder---ok?

    I too notice that my 7 chicks eat quite a bit of shavings. I think they like it, and I can only assume its nutritious for them; like grass and sticks to dogs. Heck maybe if you tried it you'd like them too. Anyways, I also have the chicks set up in the kitchen in an old dog crate with the top...
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