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    pasty butt is a pain in the butt, have questions

    So I check these butts every day, 96 butts (we lost 4 chicks). Many of the chicks have poop on the back of their butt, but when I look at the butt the dried poop is not closing up the opening. Hindsight, I would have put vaseline on all of their butts as I unpacked them into the brooder, is...
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    I may lose a chick

    he is weak looking and cant stand up. sort of falls over backward. is there anything I can do? I gave him sugar water.
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    99 Chicks are 3 days old, and have brooder questions please

    I am concerned about their feet. My brooder is 5 levels and has a wire bottom. The wire forms about 1/2 inch square pattern. It seems pretty rough to me. When I put them in the brooder yesterday I put them all on burlap. I laid the burlap over the wire, but now the burlap is all poo pooed...
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    my 99 baby chicks came today, I have questions

    I got a st run of Barred Plymouth Rock chicks. We have them in a brooder and they are warm. They are all walking around eating and drinking. I have already changed the water once because they poo in it. I noticed some chicks laying down and thought they were dead. Are they just sleeping...
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    Chicks delivered tomorrow, it's 20 degrees at night, help!

    Our coop is ready but we have a brooder ready for the 100 chicks we ordered from ideal poultry. I know I am supposed to keep the chicks at 95 degrees and decrease the temp by 5 degrees each week. Just wondering if anyone can give me anymore tips for this many chicks. The brooder is old but...
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