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    White chick without white parents?

    My broody hen just hatched four chicks, and two of them are a very pale yellow. They look like they will grow up to be white chickens, but the friend who I got the eggs from does not have any white or light chickens. Could a recessive gene from a "golden comet" show up with a white chick? Has...
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    When do chicks start to roost?

    My chicks are 11 weeks old, and have been living in their coop since they were 6 weeks. I had a small perch for them in the brooder box, and the would occasionally roost on that, but now they have no interest in roosting at night. Instead they all clamor to be in one corner of the coop; pushing...
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    How to keep the brooder dry and the water clean?

    I started out with one of those screw on quart jar waterers, set up on a block of wood, and I didn't have any mess. How ever, as they have gotten bigger (I have twelve 3 1/2 week chicks) I would have to refill it several times a day. So I switched to a 3 gl. waterer, but it's not working out...
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    white chicken with gray/green legs

    I recently got a couple of chicks from TSC, labeled "layer pullets". They were right next to a bin labeled Amberlinks, and they looked just like the Amberlinks, except they were younger. I assumed that they were Amberlinks until one of the chicks legs changed color. She went from having pinkish...
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    Hello

    Hi, I am new to BYC and to chickens in general. I have wanted chickens for years but never seriously pursued getting them until I volunteered to take some that were hatched as part of a school project. I now have 12 nearly 3 week old chicks, and am eagerly awaiting to see how many hens we end...
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