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    Scratch verses mealworms

    I know that scratch is a treat. It can make a chicken fat and warms them up. Meal worms I think is a treat also and made mostly out of protien. Works on chickens feathers and helps egg production and during molting. So here is my question. Can meal worms heat a chicken up as scratch does. I feed...
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    Wipe and wash towelets question

    I have a container of them and they seem pertty dry to wash the egg. Is there any solution that I can add to make them more moist?
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    Feeding layer feed to early question

    What would happen to chickens if fed layer feed to early. Mine will be 15 weeks old soon. I am almost out of grower feed in the bottom of the bag. Buying another large bag of feed. Seems like a waste to me. As they will change over to layer feed soon in 2 weeks. Or is it ok to finish the bag of...
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    I don't know if I have a rooster

    I have 17 new chickens . They are 14 and 15 weeks old. I have Rhode Island Reds and a Barred Rock mixed. Otherwise two breeds. Noticed on the RIR several of them. Have more of a plumage in thier tails. More blue in them then the others. Not a bunch just some blue. Are male RIR male adults more...
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    What are your feelings on vineal sided chain link fence?

    Sorry for the spelling. I am putting in a new run that is 10 by 12. I am thinking of using chain link fencing for the run. What are the pro's and cons for using chain link. The chain link will be coated. The wholes in a chain link are larger than chicken wire. But are they small enough to keep...
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    Coop Gadgets and doors

    Has anyone heard of there product? They look like they have a pullet door type door. Has anyone recieved there product. Any revieves or nes about them would be of great help in making my decision. Haven't heard about them much.
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    brooder question with 3 and 4 week old chickens

    Right now it's in the 80's where I live in Ohio. I've had to turn my brooder light off or I would fry the babies. This is usually during the day. All day. So it's dark but not to dark. The brooder stays around 80 with the light off and the lowest it goes is high 70's. At night it can get down...
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    Question on chicken feed with Amprolium and Bacatrican

    I got my chicks medicated when I picked them up. I allready ran out of my non medicated feed. Just picked up a bag of Pen Pals Starter grower chicken Feed made by ADM. It has Amprolium and Bacatriacin in it. Is this medicated feed? If this is medicated feed it will wipe out what they gave my...
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    How young is to young to feed chick grit to baby chicks?

    Miscalculated the age of my young chicks. I thought they were 2 and 3 weeks old. When they were actually 1 and 2 weeks old. Put chick grit in there food. I've read that you not to put it in till 3 weeks old. Will this hurt them or help them. I f it hurts them. Should I not feed it to them. How...
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    What worked who knows

    I have been dealing with pasty butt. Since I brought my chickens home. I have read that age and ACV helps the issue. I have used ACV and now my chicks are 2 and 3 week old. So the pasty butt has stopped thank goodness. My question is this. I have Save a chick probotics and electrolytes for them...
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    Grit and baby chicks

    I have a bag of starter grit. What age should you start to give grit to baby chicks? Mine are still in the brooder. These will NEVER be free range chickens.
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    When or how old do they stop?

    My chicks are pasting up. I have ACV in there water. I go out and change water daily .Plus I have Save A Chick probotics in package form.I f I add both to the water .Would that help them?. I go out daily and check for pasting. I have 17 chicks. I lowered the temp in the brooder and keep it low...
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    Which is better for chicks?

    I have Apple Cider Vinegar with Mother and Save a chick Probotics I only have SAVE A CHICK Probotics and not Save a chick electrolytes I'm dealing with pasting in newborn chicks. They are a week apart in age. Some are 3 days old. Others are just a week and one day old. Found out they both have...
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    Baby chicks in brooder problems and need help please?

    My chicks are in a stock tank brooder. I haven't had this many problems before. Have raised 3 batches in stock tank brooder. But this is the first time that I've raised them in late July and early Auguast. The temp outside is 79 now. My set up is the brooder is 3 feet wide. By 2 feet high and 8...
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    Apple Cider Vinegar

    Trying to how much give week old baby chicks. I have a 32 ounce container. I have read to give one fourth a cup to one gallon of water. I am so stumped. I tried to figure this out over an hour and can't grasp it. I need help. My young ones have pasting. I have read that Apple Cider Vinegar with...
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    Pasting on week old chicks

    I have week old chicks. That are now starting to get paste on there poop area. How much APPLE CIDER VINEGAR in a 2 gallon of water. for them to drink from?
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    Brooder question for heat and water

    I have always wondered where is the best place to place your food and water in the brooder? Close to the heat or in a cool place for them to eat and drink.
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    Plymouth rock chickens question

    I have several barred Plymouth barred rock chickens. That are a week old. My 2 questions are If I get another batch from the hatchery and add them to the current bunch. They would be only a week apart in age. I know that there is a pecking order.For top chicken. If they are only a week apart...
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    7 out of 16 died so far ordered more chicks

    I used VPOW VITAL-PACK. from a hatchery. Made it way way to strong for chicks. To me when I mixed it. It looked to strong. Should of followed my gut feeling. Called the hatchery and found out what I did wrong. So 7 died. After talking with them. Went out and changed to just good clean water. Now...
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    How was this decided?

    Who came up with this idea and how? The break down of temps. When raising baby chicks. Starting at 95 degrees and to decrease it by 5 degrees weekly? Was there a study dome? If so who did it?
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