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    Hello my name is Frank I'm new to chickens.

    Link isn't to an article. I wanted to read it too lol.
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    Chicks that wont eat chick starter!

    Gosh, I don't recall but we live in the boonies so no fancy office supply stores. We either got it at Walmart like in the school/office section or on Amazon. Awe, I sure hope he keeps eating and drinking as then he should make it!
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    Chicks that wont eat chick starter!

    Aha, okay. How we fix feet is to cut a piece of thin cardboard from like a cereal box to the shape of the foot. We then use vetwrap to affix the feet to it. We have double-sided tape to put on the top of the cardboard so when we plant their foot on it, it sticks. This shows another way...
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    8month old Brahma Rooster without Plumage

    He's beautiful! If you could wait just another few weeks to a month, I'm sure Mario's feathers will come in. Luigi was just a faster bloomer is all. If they are siblings, each could possess the same traits of the other, so even if you kept Luigi, some of his offspring could be fast...
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    Nemesis' Wings Of Fire OCs Thread

    Sounds neat!
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    Chicks that wont eat chick starter!

    Oh my, that one is little. It looks pretty healthy though so in the five days he must've gotten food/water. Just sprinkle some crumbles around on the floor and he'll eventually start eating. Does it walk okay? It appears to have a slight curly toes issue, nothing I'd probably worry about yet.
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    Open sore and permethrin dip (not emergency)

    That's the same can we have. Wow, I can see the mites on that bird. This is going to be my strangest suggestion ever, but can you permethrin that planter too? Maybe it'll help get them off the birds. As soon as they're off on their own, I'd seal it up in a garbage bag for 7 days.
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    Is this vent prolapse or something else?

    There are a lot of damage feathers back there. Are you sure she's the one doing that? It's usually a different chicken(s). If it's her, you'll have to get or make a plastic cone for her head so she can't reach back there. I'd also keep her away from the flock for at least a few days, then...
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    Is frostbite avoidable without electric heating? Should I add heat to my coop?

    The issue comes when we're trying to find the meaningful posts, and you have to wade through all of the spam.
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    Barn Cats?

    I would never trust Stella or the other two cats near baby chicks but Stella for one walks among the chickens, even the young ones. Once chicks are a few weeks old, I trust them much better.
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    -8°F Windchill -25°F Hum: 76% Warmer weather IS coming. Tuesday is supposed to be 36°F:celebrate
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    Barn Cats?

    Do you have a Humane Society there? If so, just call them up and ask if they have any. We just went there as we were looking for a cat, any cat, and after seeing their ones for adoption, they showed us four barn cats and one was Stella. She was about 6 months old and didn't grow up on a farm...
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    Barn Cats?

    When you bring home a new cat that is going to be living outside, the Humane Society told us to keep them in the house for two to three weeks, so they will be more likely to stick around. Our last one wound up being 50/50 inside outside. You can't train a cat to catch mice but most will just...
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    Thats not bugs OR snow 🤧

    You don't. It dries out. I can walk barefoot in my coop and not get poop on me. As the pellets absorb the poop and dry it out, they start breaking down to sawdust. In about a year in our one coop, they get about 80% sawdust and then we haul it out in a wheelbarrow, dump some in the garden...
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    Hello my name is Frank I'm new to chickens.

    Hiya, Frank, and welcome to BYC! :frow I hope your chicken will be okay! We're glad you're here!
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    Hi! Im new here

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow Green Bean is a beauty! We're glad you're here!
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    Mike in Hooper, Utah

    Hiya, Mike, and welcome to BYC! :frow I loved your story!! We have a Learning Center full of helpful articles written by our members. Sometime you might like to read a few as then you won't have to learn anything the hard way. 😁 We have Forums too up on top, so if you ever have a question...
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    Is frostbite avoidable without electric heating? Should I add heat to my coop?

    Someone asked me once why it's so horribly humid up here, as people think it's more the balmy states. I had to look it up as I had no idea why. It's mostly from the crops, and corn is one of the most "humid" ones. It's also our proximity to the Great Lakes and we have a lot of big lakes...
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    introduction

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow I've had a couple like that. It tells me they need more probiotics. We'll give them a bath and use a kitchen scissors to cut the feathers back there so poop quits sticking. Then put powdered probiotics in their water every few days. They also make a granular...
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    Pullets wont roost

    Like I said, some take time, as in several weeks or even a month or two in some cases. It depends on how old. The ones that are 5-6 months old may spend one night on the floor, but by the next will usually climb the ramp and go right up.
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