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    I've always wondered how chickens get along with parrots and such

    Anyone have any video of a chicken or chickens that associate peacefully with a parrot or other large tropical bird? I'd be fascinated to see that.
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    At What Point Do I Know My Chicks Have "Feathered Out?"

    I want to know when I can take the EcoGlow radiant heater out of their box. They are currently about two and a half weeks old, and have lots of feathers. My home never gets cooler than 75 degrees, as that's the temperature I keep it for my own comfort. Their box is in a spare bedroom in my...
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    Chicks: I had no idea they'd be such competent flyers at 2 weeks

    Today is day 13 since my two chicks hatched in the incubator, and I've been making a point of taking the top off their brooder every day since the day after they hatched to pick each one up and handle them a little, to keep them used to handling. Their flight skills have been developing very...
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    Baby Chicks: Three Observations At One Week After Hatch

    Today, for the first time, three new behaviors were observed in the chicks, who are, by the way, being kept in a cardboard box with fine wood chip bedding, a radiant heater, chick starter, and a water drinker. The three behaviors are 1) attempting to fly by jumping and flapping in an effort to...
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    Are All Cross-Bred Chickens Sex-Linked?

    I didn't do well with my first effort at incubating eggs collected from my hens. I started with seven, and only hatched out three, one of which was so badly deformed (to include eyelessness and heavily leaking bodily fluids) that I had to perform euthanasia. The other two are perfect little...
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    Hello, I'm New Here

    Happy to be aboard. I've had a small backyard, free ranging (though locked up at night), flock for eggs for about three years now. Looking forward to posting and reading here.
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