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    Growing up so fast!

    The Silver Laced Wyandottes are about 3 1/2 weeks old. The Buff Orpingtons are about 3 weeks old. The Easter Eggers are about 2 weeks old. Doesn't seem like we've had them that long! They are now in a 6'x6'x30" pen with plastic chicken fencing over the top. It's insane how fast they grow. I...
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    New chicks-ideas on breed?

    Hey all! Picked up these 6 pullets tonight in hopes of maybe being Easter Eggers. They came out of the pullet bin. One of them had severe pasty butt, which I didn't know until we got home. (The fellow didn't let me pick my own this time myself. I had to point them out, so couldn't inspect...
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    Chick grit smells like mothballs

    We bought some Dumor chick grit a couple of days ago to start offering to the chicks when we give them mealworms from Tractor Supply, but upon opening the bag, it smelled strongly of mothballs. Is that normal? We do not want to give it to the chicks until we know if that is safe or not. We...
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    Sexing SLWs and Buff Orps

    Just for kicks, and to learn more, I'm curious as to what you think of gender of these SLWs. I'm not expecting an instant identification, and know they're usually just a wait and see kind of deal! They are about a week old now, and have grown alot! I can try to get better pics once my camera...
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    Mareks Question

    Hi all! I've been doing a bunch of reading on the Mareks vaccine. There is so much stuff out there about the vaccine. Since our chicks will be coming from the feed stores nearby (SS and TSC), I'm not sure if they've been vaccinated for Mareks or not. I need to ask this week when we go, or at...
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    Chicks are here!

    We went ahead and got the heat lamp and thermometers today, as well as a bottle of Nutri-Drench to keep on hand. I wanted to be able to play with the light a bit before we get the chicks next week to monitor temps. Here is the brooder thus far. We'll be getting the chicks, food, feeders and...
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    Converting a lean-to to a coop

    Hey all! My father in law gave us permission to convert a lean to portion of the storage building in the back yard to a coop. (We are living in their old house until we find a place of our own.) This would save us some funds, and we could continue to save up to build the pallet coop exactly...
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    New here, from Va

    Hello all! My husband and I are finally getting some chickens. Down the road we'd like to get some Buff Orpingtons, but for now we are getting some chicks from Southern States chick days. We have a coop picked out...just need to order it as soon as we pick up the chicks. We'll be making a...
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