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    Chick mostly hatched but shell stuck to its back... what do we do?

    Good morning. We are hatching chicks for the very first time. Of our batch of 5, 2 are out and looking good. One is mostly out, but has a large section of shell stuck to her(?) back. With stimulus (light) she exhibits bursts of energy (cheeps, kicking legs), but is otherwise still with eyes...
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    can i trust the chicks to find the best way to use the MHP?

    Hi all! We have six four-week old chicks, who moved into our unheated garage a week ago from the inside of our house. They've been using the MHP their whole lives... but when they moved to the garage, it's a different brooder with a different setup for the heating pad. Somewhere in my prior...
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    What should I do for my brooder floor?

    We'll be moving our week old chicks out to the garage brooder this weekend, and I'm still debating what to do in terms of floor/bedding. For the MHP "holder", I thought I would use pine shavings - just seems more comfortable than other options! For the rest, I've thought about sand/PDZ, pine...
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    15 new "ornamental layers"... what are they?

    From McMurray's: "We are now offering a special combination of chicks from our Rarest of Rare Assortment and Top Hat Special which will be FEMALE BABY CHICKS! Nothing like this is available anywhere else in the world! Imagine buying such things as Cochins, Campines, Red Caps, the exotic Polish...
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    Planning the lodging for 15 baby chicks who will arrive in two weeks

    In two weeks, we look forward to the arrival of 15 baby chicks from McMurray's (the 'Ornamental Layers' collection). We are trying to plan things out for their arrival so that everything's ready in advance - reading lots of books and articles but it's hard to find consistent information and...
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    Local TSC vs. McMurray's? A question I should have asked YESTERDAY!

    After a recent discussion with a friend with a fair amount of chicken experience, we changed our mind and deciding to try our hand at baby chicks instead of trying to find older pullets (e.g. 17-20 weeks of age). After doing some research online at different hatcheries, we opted to order the...
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    Advice for a new coop / run - converting an existing (OLD) shed/barn

    Hi there everyone. New to BYC and loving all the great information, comments, knowledge, etc. We had a small flock of chickens about 4-5 years ago but lost them to predators. We have now moved onto a new property and are looking to start over and learn from past mistakes. In the back corner...
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