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    Chicken disappears

    I have been letting my chickens free range with there rooster for about 3 months now and have had no problems. I know free ranging is risky but they love it! We live on 5 acres and they have lots of trees and other things to hide under, they are about 7 mo old and full grown. Today I was sitting...
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    Egg question!

    I have a few questions! I have 11 hens and 1 rooster almost 17 weeks old just had my first 2 eggs today! I checked them this morning and no eggs around 10 am and when I got home about 5:30 pm I found 2! Now we didn't eat these but I did crack them and they were perfect! My questions are is there...
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    Integrating chicks

    Hi, I have six 5 week old chickens I just moved out to the coop, when I went to the farm store the other day they had chicks on sale and I couldn't help myself and bought 5 more! They are about 3 weeks old I believe, I still have them inside the house in a brooder box. We live in Illinois and...
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    Chick sneezing

    Hi! I have 6 pullets that are about 5 weeks old and one I recently noticed is sneezing every so often, I don't see any discharge or any other signs of sickness.. I have separated her from the others.. These are my first chickens and not sure what else to do.. TIA
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    What is this on chicks butt?

    We purchased 3 of these black baby chicks at a farm supply store last night to add to our flock, when we got home I noticed 2 of them had funny looking butts! Not sure what it is they just look naked on there behinds! Also they came from assorted pullets so we're not sure what kind they are if...
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    Moving chicks outside

    Hi! I have 6- 4 1/2 week old chicks they are almost fully feathered. We live in central illinois! We have had them in the mudroom of our house and have been moving the heat lamp further and further away every week. We are wanting to move them out to there coop this weekend. The temps are in the...
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    What kind of sand??

    Hi! Me and my boyfriend have 6--4 week old chicks, we are almost done with the coop and after some reading we are thinking we are going to try sand in the coop and see how we like it! What kind of sand should we use? And we will probably just buy a few bags at first instead of a truckload. Thanks!
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    Pasty butt question for newbie

    Hi! I just got my chicks on Tuesday I believe they are a week old and they are doing good so far! I do have 1 question, 1 of them had pasty butt a couple days ago and I took a warm wet cotton ball and got it off and have kept an eye on her, she seems to be Doug fine now. Should I give them some...
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    newbie from Danville, IL

    Hi! Me and my boyfriend bought a farmhouse on 5 acres this past September and now with spring here we have decided to get some chickens! We are so excited, this past weekend was our first (nice) 60 degree weekend this spring so far so we got started on our chicken coop, it is coming along pretty...
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