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    6 week old chicks need to go outside, but it is 15 degrees out. Any suggestions?

    Hello - I have ten 6 week old chicks living in my house in a brooder. They are starting to fly out of their brooder fairly often, and are getting to be a little too much to have inside. In this never ending winter, we have been experiencing temperatures falling to less than 10 degrees (last...
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    Baby chicks with no power!

    Hi guys! I have 14 baby chicks hatched on January 20th. With the freezing rain we are without power and are unable to use our brooder lamp. I have a wood stove, but the brooder cannot be moved next to it at this point, so I have a small kerosene heater next to it heating up one pat of the...
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    One of my 2 week old chicks always sleeps away from the rest.

    Hello - I am new to raising chickens (have my first 14 now) and have noticed one of my chicks rarely sleeps next to the rest. He is much more timid to the others and is the only one who does not run up to me when i put my hand in the brooder. He seems energetic enough but I am a worried chick...
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