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    Set Now or Wait???

    My love for chickens has spilled over into my classroom. I have planned a egg hatching project with my 3rd grade class. My Brinsea mini advance incubator is arriving today. The kids and I are so excited to get started and really want to set the eggs (from my own little flock) tomorrow. However...
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    Dog Attack

    We moved our little flock of 14 from the garage into their run 2 weeks ago and they were doing great. I checked on them this morning and all was well. An hour later my husband called the house just after he left for work. A strange dog was walking down our driveway carrying a chicken. I ran to...
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    How much chick grit?

    How much grit should I offer my 2 1/2 week old chicks? They are in the brooder eating mainly chick starter with the occasional treat here and there. I've been sprinkling play sand on their feeder every day or so and they go wild over it. I'm afraid if I offer it free choice they would eat the...
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    Chick Rescue

    My neighbor called this afternoon because he found a chick wandering in his horse pasture. He thought it might be a runaway from my little flock. It wasn't mine, but looked like a commercial chicken maybe 6 weeks old. All white feathers with grey legs and a very pale yellow beak. The poor little...
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    Pasty Butt or Just Dirty

    We got our first 14 baby chicks yesterday and so far they are doing great. They are eating well, drinking, lively, and cute. This afternoon I noticed a little bit of poop on two of their bottoms. The vent wasn't clogged, but I cleaned them up with a damp paper towel anyway. I read that plain...
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