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  1. Patterson Farmer

    One chicken consistently keeps getting lost from the others

    This is my first time raising chickens. They hatched on Aug.1st, so almost 2 months ago. They've been in their outdoor coop since week 4 which I know is early but the temps were good and they've been so happy. I waited a little over a week before letting them out of their run to free-range. I...
  2. Patterson Farmer

    Chicks noisy out of boredom?

    This is my first time raising chicks. They are 3 weeks old, feathering nicely, and have access to a Titan brooder (that they hardly ever use anymore, even at night). Eleven chicks in total, and I set up their temporary home/brooder in an old bathtub, with a wire cage on top to keep them from...
  3. Patterson Farmer

    Starter feeding problems/question and grit quantity help

    Hi all, I have eleven chicks, one week old, and I've been feeding them Homestead Organics chicken starter. They tend to just peck at the larger grains in the starter until there's just powder left over. I'm wondering if the smaller, 'powdery' stuff is their added minerals and the larger stuff...
  4. Patterson Farmer

    what is this stuff on my chick, it won't come off

    Hi there, this is my first time hatching chicks, can someone tell me if I need to worry about this transparent 'stuff' that is stubbornly sticking to the back of one of my littles? Last night I tried brushing it with a soft moist toothbrush, this morning tried again this time ran some lukewarm...
  5. Patterson Farmer

    Help! Will this day-old chick be Ok?

    Hi guys, sorry for the dramatic title, but I'm not sure what to do about this little one. This is my first time hatching chicks, and this little dude was the first one to make it out (we now have 8...and 3 others have pipped). Once the feathers had all dried we noticed some sticky guck left on...
  6. Patterson Farmer

    Hello

    Hi, just wanted to quickly introduce myself. I live in Canada, moved from the city (Montréal) to the country almost 5 years ago. I live with my husband and our two kids (11 & 14) and we have wanted to get chickens since we moved! We bought a really old farmhouse so there have been many projects...
  7. Patterson Farmer

    Does daylight stress new hatchlings?

    Hi, I'm new to this whole chick-raising thing and this website/forum has helped me so much in the last few weeks as I've been preparing for their arrival. Now that 2 (of 24) chicks have hatched early this morning (yay!!) I can't stop peering into the incubator to watch them. But that makes me...
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