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    Opinions on how to integrate new chicks raised with a broody

    I have two sets of chicks raised with broodies. One set is 5 weeks old, and one is 5 1/2 weeks old. Right now they are with their mothers in a separate coop with a small 8' x 8' run that shares one side with the main chicken pen. I also let them free outside the run in the afternoons if I...
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    Our first snake in the coop

    Went out last night to close the pop door about 9pm and brought the flashlight with me so I could get a good look at everyone. (I'm currently treating for coccidiosis, even though I am not sure I need to be.) Shined the light in there and saw a really long snake on the same roosting pole as...
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    Treat with Corid?

    Yesterday afternoon I went outside to give the chickens some scratch. Only 10 chickens went after it. The last one was inside the coop. She is a 15 week old buff orpington bantam. She was down on the ground in the shavings and had made a bit of a nest area. She wasn't too weak or...
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    Question on cockerel behavior

    I have 11 chickens that are 13 weeks old. I previously had 17, but 6 were clearly roosters, so I gave them away a few weeks ago (before I became more attached to them.) The day after, one of my Silkies started crowing. He had already developed a large comb, so we were pretty certain he would...
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    Trying out a new food

    They just released a new chicken feed at the milling company the family buys our goat feed from. It's an hour away normally, but only about 20 minutes away from my husband's work, so when they got rained out yesterday, I asked him to swing by and pick me up a bag. It wouldn't meet your needs...
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    Easter Egger Bantams - think three are roos

    I think the blue/grey one and the two multi colored ones are roos. The blue one has three lines on its comb, I think it's tried to comb, and it bit me one day and hung on. All says roo to me. The others have that red color coming through and doesn't that make them boys? Their combs are not...
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    Chronicle of the chicks after being moved outside. (new title)

    We moved the chicks out to their coop on Saturday. They were 5 1/2 weeks old. In Central Texas, so temps are already mild at night and hot during the day. Our coop has been put together with freebies and scraps. Not much to look at, but I think it will function fine. We extended the front...
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    Question about Waterers - leaving one plain - does ACV count?

    I often see it mentioned when talking about brooders to have two sources of water if you are giving them anything like vitamins, probiotics, etc, that are optional. (And vice versa if you are giving them something they must have, like antibiotics, corrid, etc., to have all sources of water...
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    My ups and downs so far with the chicks...

    Unfortunately, all my research and preparation has still not yielded very good results. We were shipped 28 chicks on April 30. We are now down to 19 living. The first 6 died within the first 36 hours. 3 of those were Dominique bantams. I attribute these deaths on shipping stress or just...
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    Could week old chick have sour crop

    I noticed last night that two of the chicks had bulging crops. Upon inspection, they felt a bit squishy. They were not like this that morning. This morning they may have been a bit smaller, but were still large. The chicks had already been up eating when I checked on them at 5am and when I...
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    What age do I need to start paying attention - breeds listed in post

    I've ordered 4 types of bantams - silkies, easter eggers, dominiques, and buff orpingtons. I know silkies will be pretty much a crow/lay egg type thing, but what about the other? Are they like the standard versions? I'd rather not miss an opportunity to sex them early if possible, so if...
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    North States - Superyard XT Portable Playard or Midwest Dog Exercise Pen

    For 25 bantam chicks that I'll get in a month or two. Will do something temporary for them the first week inside, probably out of cardboard, but then will want them in the garage for a few weeks before moving to the coop where they will be penned up for a few weeks. (In Texas and can run an...
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    About to build a brooder - is it sized right?

    Changed our mind about trying to find hens and ordered chicks instead. We ordered 25 chicks, all bantam sized, and they normally include an extra or two. The plans I've come up with so far would be a 3' x 6' base that is 2' tall. There would be a place in the middle to put a divider so that...
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    We're getting chickens!

    Hello! We live in north central Texas and have plans on getting a few chickens. (Just for eggs, not meat.) No clue what type we will be able to find (not really interested in raising from chicks). Hopefully we can pick out a few breeds we like and then find some of them. We have access to...
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