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    Traumatized Chicks

    Earlier I posted about the terrible day my dog killed 8 of our 6 weeks old chicks. Well the remaining 4 are still frightened, it has been 5 days since the massacre. My girls won't spend time outside the coop even though the past days have been 90+ degrees, I got desperate enough and physically...
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    Our dog killed 5 of our RIR

    It was a sad day yesterday, our sweet German Shepherd mix turned into a killing machine and destroyed at least 5 of our RIR. My DH rescued 1 chick, 3 others emerged from the forest hours later, there is still no evidence of the remaining 3. Does anyone think it possible that they survived the...
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    Our dog just killed 4 of our chicks *UPDATE*

    Well, what more can I say? Out of the 12, we only have one in our coop, who is in shock. The other 7 we haven't been able to find in our multi- acre forest. They are 6 weeks old, does any one think if they are still alive they will return to the coop? How long will a single chick survive...
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    Odd Chick behavior

    Granted, this is my first year raising chicks but I find this behavior a little odd. My chicks are 3 weeks old and I've been using paper towels on the bottom of their brooder dashed with some pine shavings, the amount of, I have systematically increased (read in that may help prevent cocci)...
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    Crushed oatmeal for the pasty bottoms

    Hi! New to raising chicks, they are 1 week old today, and I've read that crushed oatmeal (processed in my spice grinder) added to their feed helps with the runny poop. If all else, they LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the uncooked oatmeal. Main question is how often can I feed this to them and do I need to...
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