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    underdeveloped lower beak in gonzo chick

    I thought the top beak had overgrown but it's that the lower beak isn't growing. She can eat, a little, though she makes a mess. She is scrawny compared to the other chicks. Skin and bones. I hate the idea of euthanizing her when she clearly *wants* to live -- she's trying to eat, she's...
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    gonzo beak chick

    One of my new chicks has a giant overbeak! It's not crossed -- I read about those. But it sure isn't normal. She spends a LOT of time shoveling food out of the feeder to eat but I do see her getting some food. They are just 2 weeks at this point. I tried clipping the end with nail trimmers...
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    oatmeal for 3 week old chicks?

    Will they be ok without grit? I bought some white sand, very fine, so they can dust bathe. This weekend it will be nice enough for them to spend some time outside and have something other than shavings to bathe in. They loved the oatmeal, just a tablespoon for 4 chicks. I sprinkled some of...
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    brooder cleaning

    I was warned but I'm still amazed at how much poop 4 chicks can make. Those of you with 25 or more, wow. What sort of cleaning should I be doing? The chicks are on pine shavings and I put down wood to move the waterer and feeder up a little. They still poop in one or the other at least once...
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    buncha chick questions

    I'm new at this so please bear with me! The chicks came last Wednesday and are doing well. They do keep trying to fly up out of the brooder. Is that normal? These are 4 chicks as family pets/eggs. We're trying to handle them twice a day but they are still a little skittish. I found that...
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    is it pasty butt or am I ocd?

    I have four chicks -- wanted three but that's for another post -- and the Golden laced wyanadotte chick had some poop on her vent area. Twice when I cleaned it she pooped right afterwards so I'm glad I cleaned her, and now I just see a little next to the vent. Should I keep cleaning or is it...
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    dust etc for only three chicks in dining room?

    Hubs is allergic to most everything, though allergy shots have helped a lot. I want to brood the chicks inside, only three, and I have a plastic base cage for them already. I wanted to put them in the dining room where we have a wood floor and I already have a light shelf for growing plants...
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    *your* oldest chicken still laying?

    We'll be getting chickens for pets as well as for eggs. How long would we expect out chooks to live and past year 2, what sort of egg laying? I changed the subject to solicit replies. I'm really curious -- especially urban chicken folks who plan to have a few birds for a while. We're...
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    Eglu owners please advise!

    All right, first off, yes, I live in the suburbs and I'm interested in an Eglu for convenience and because I cannot realistically have more than 3 hens. And I'm willing to pay for convenience. That said, I know some folks here have Eglus. I have some questions that would help me really...
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    'playhouse' coop -- modification help

    I saw plans for this on eBay and like all of it except for the nesting box being inside and under the roost. It looked like a lot of excess cleaning would be needed. I want to build nesting boxes (two) out to one side. Anyone build from these plans? Did you modify? Do you like it? I'm...
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