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    Chickens haven't laid in four months, staying in coop

    Hi all, our six 18-month old chickens haven't laid in four months, since they started molting. They molted back in the fall, but now we're seeing down feathers in the pen again, and they are spending a lot of time in their coop. A couple combs are pink, but more than half seem to be pale...
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    Heat index over 100 today

    So, the heat index is going to be over 100 today with high humidity. I froze a milk jug overnight to put in their coop, and I'm planning to wet down the ground in the run. What else can I do to help out the chicks? They're 5.5 weeks. My husband is picking up a misting system tonight, but that...
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    Moving chicks outside in the heat at 5 weeks?

    So, our chicks sort of vary in age. Most of them are 5 weeks, but three of them are probably 8 weeks. We're wondering when we can move them outside. They're getting SUPER rambunctious in their brooder. Oklahoma temps are about mid-90s during the day and 70ish at night. Our run has some shade...
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    Kiddos went outside to frolic

    The temps dropped here yesterday, and we took the opportunity to take our flock outside while we built them another brooder. We linked up two wire pens inside their run so we'd have an easier time catching them. We've got 3 Welsummers (two pullets and a cockerel) who are probably 7 or 8 weeks...
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    Welsummer chick sexing

    We picked up three Welsummer chicks awhile back from a breeder in Oklahoma. We asked for pullets, but we're starting to question ourselves about one of them. Here are photos of them on the day we got them, and here is a photo of the chick in question, who's about 6 weeks old. (The chick in...
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    Took the babies outside today (pics)

    Our kids are range between 4 and 6 weeks old. We took them outside for the first time today and put them in a puppy play pen. Things went pretty well, at first. They were a little hot, but they wandered around and checked things out. Then they discovered they could squeeze through the bars... So...
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    Getting chick to use the feeder?

    One of our chicks is having a tough time transitioning from eating off the ground in the brooder to eating out of the red plastic feeder. She's just not interested. I have overfilled the feeder to where the food is practically spilling out the little holes. What else can I do to get her to use...
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    Chick with stunted wings

    We got day-old chicks yesterday and one of them is just tool adorable for words. She's just looks like a tiny little tennis ball, so we're calling her Penn. That said, her wings are kind of small and stunted compared with her sisters, and the right one is kind of twisted and a bit misshapen. Has...
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    New here and new to chickens

    Hi there. My husband and I are new to this chick/chicken thing and I'm new to BYC. We live in Oklahoma. I'm a grad student and he's a (small animal, non-avian) veterinarian. After doing a lot of research over the spring, we built a run and got a coop, put together a brooder, and got 10 day-old...
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    First time raising chicks: couple questions...

    My husband and I are first timers with raising chicks. We got 10 day-old chicks yesterday and for the most everything is going swimmingly. There are just a couple issues. One chick seems weaker than the rest. Last night she was kind of standing in one place, not eating or drinking, facing the...
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