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  1. bigchiefhoho

    Sick chick (3-4 weeks old) - listless, withdrawn, can't peep. What to do?

    My chicks have all been doing fine so far, but one of my cornish rocks has suddenly become sick. I noticed yesterday that he stayed apart from the rest of the flock, didn't eat or move around when they went outside, and didn't seem to care when the rest of them moved pretty far away from him...
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    Is a run necessary, strictly speaking?

    Well, we're just about done building the coop for my 2-week-old chicks, and now my husband wants to know what I want him to do for a run. The more I think about it, the more I wonder if we really need a run. My backyard is about a quarter acre, and the whole thing is fenced with 6-foot wooden...
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    Raw skin on bellies?

    My chicks are about a week old now, and I've noticed that some of them have red raw skin on their bellies where some of the fuzz is rubbed off. This has only happened to the cornish rock chicks - the easter eggers and production reds have no such problem. I don't think the problem is any...
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    Very first chicks - pics and a question!

    First, the question: I got some laying-type chicks yesterday, and my husband wanted to get a couple cornish rocks at the same time just to see how big the difference was, so we've got 6 easter eggers, 4 red pullets, and 4 of the cornish rocks. Will they be able to stay together indefinitely, or...
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    Is it normal for new chicks to be this sleepy?

    Let me start out by saying that I'm absolutely brand-new to chickens. The extent of my experience is gawking at a friend's 4H bantams once, and that's it. I've wanted some for a long time, though, so yesterday I finally got some at TSC. I've read a bunch of books and all the major websites...
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