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    Very sick chick need help!

    Hi all, This is my first experience with a sick chick (23 weeks old) and I need help. We have a 23 week old welsummer who never really developed. She is about 1/2 the size of all the other chicks who are the same age, even the other welsummer and her comb has never developed of changed to any...
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    When will they lay????

    Hi all, So my pullets are now 23 weeks old and none of them are laying, even though a few have full combs and are very red. I have 2 ee, 2 barred rocks, and 2 welsummers. Shouldn't the barred's atleast be laying? Also this may sound stupid, but will they figure out how to do it, where to lay...
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    pine needles for bedding??

    Hi All, Yesterday I went out to refil the nesting boxes with wood shavings and realized I was out, but had a hen who needed to lay an egg right then so I scooped up a bunch of pine needles and filled in the nesting box with them. The hens use these needles to make a nest in their nsting box...
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    Yikes, my hens look awful from moulting!

    Hi all, My hens started moulting about 2 weeks ago and really look awful, I mean losing feathers like crazy. I checked them for parasites, etc just to be sure this was due to a moult and all is fine, plus my 25 weekers look beautiful. How long does this last. I have herd that cat food may be...
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    How much sunlight??? and should I feel GUILTY?

    So my chickens (we have 10 in total) have been such pests to our neighbors and OUR gardens that we finally decided to close them in. Up until this point they have free ranged over 3 acres of land, but they were really getting into stuff. They have a coop that is about 5x5 and is 8 feet tall with...
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    How do you find where the girls are laying???

    Hi All, We let our hens free range during the day and up until a few weeks ago they would go back into the coop to lay or lay in a nest outside near the coop. Lately we haven't been getting hardly any eggs. Are they laying in the woods somewhere? Any tips on how to find their secret stash. I...
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    New website!!

    Hi All, Well I finally did it!!!! I quit my job to pursue my interests of sustainable living and modern day homesteading. Please take a peek at my website and let me know what you think. I as so lucky to have such a supportive DH!! Thanks:P
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    To clip or not to clip?

    Hmmm....just wondering what you all think. We recently had to fence in our previously free-range flock as they were really being a nuisance to our neighbors and with adding 6 new chicks to the flock we thought it was best. The girls do not like being fenced in, even though they have about 600...
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    NEED YOUR ADVICE ASAP

    Hi All, I have been posting this last week about moving my 2 week old chicks out the shed witha heat lamp and most said they thought this would be fine. They are really starting to stink and can fly out more. So today after work I put them all in a metal chicken cage, much larger than they...
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    Chicken poop for garden?

    Hi All, How are other's mixing in chicken poop to their garden bed for fertilizer. Are you simply shoveling in shavings and all? What works for you? Thank you:D
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    Housing for meat birds

    WE are hoping to have a flock of meat birds this summer, about 25? We are going to house them separate from our laying flock so we do not get attached, as well as fence them in so they don't bother the neighbors ( are layers are free range) Any suggestions for cheap and temporary housing? Any...
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    Moving baby chicks!?

    I am wondering if the chicks can go out in the garden shed when they are two weeks old. The shed is not heated, but would be closed completely so no drafts. They would be in a wire chicken cage with a 120 watt heat lamp. Day time temp would be about 70 and evening would be about 45 without the...
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    New baby chicks!!!

    Yeah, we got our first baby chicks last week. They are one week old and so much fun. I can not believe how fast they are growing and how much they are eating. We have 2 Barred rocks, 2 welsummers, and 2 easter eggers. All seem happy and healthy. QUESTIONS: How much should I be lowering the...
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    Do chicks need grit??

    I got my first day old baby chicks today and started them on medicated chick feed that my local AGWAY recommended for the first 8 weeks. The chick feed is in crumble form. Do these chicks need grit as well or can they eat just straight food? Thanks and plan to post pic's tomorrow. They are so...
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    My first baby goats!!

    Hi All, Just had to share my very exciting news that my husband finally gave in and let me get two goats. They were just born and we will be picking them up at the end of April. We chose to get wethers as we (or I guess really I) want to start with just pets and go from there. I am so excited...
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    Help with raising new baby chicks

    Hi All, I am not a total newbie when it comes to raising chickens, but have never actually had them as day old chicks. I have 4 coming at the end of April. I plan to raise them in the mudroom in a box with pine shavings and a heat lamp. What suggestions do you have for food, heat temperature...
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    Looking to purchase 4 day old chicks

    Hello to those in Central Nh area. I am looking to purchase 4 baby chicks in the next few weeks, specifically after April 25th. If you have any available then please contact me through this post. THANK YOU!!
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    Room temp. for baby chicks??

    Hi All, My husband and I adopted a small flock (5), but we lost one of chickens early this fall. We are ordering some baby chicks this weekend to add to our backyard flock. I have a pretty good handle on how to raise them once they arrive with a heat lamp, etc, but what does the overall...
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    Looking for some chicks soon-NH!

    Hi all, We are looking to raise some new chicks this spring. Starting as early as the next two weeks. We are located in Thornton, Nh. Anyone near by have any to sell?
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    All my girls laid today for the first time!!

    Hi all, just had to share the exciting news! We have had this small flock of four since October and today was the first day that all 4 laid eggs together! Yeah. I was surprised since it was cold here, only about 5 degrees. Go girls!!
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