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    Chicks shedding lots of intestinal lining

    Hi all, I have 3 chicks that are nearly 11 weeks old and this is my first time raising chicks. A week and a half ago they all started passing quite a bit of intestinal lining in their droppings. I took some fecal samples in to the vet and they came back negative for parasites. I had the test...
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    Cozy coop panel heater

    Hello all, I will be getting baby chicks this year for the first time. I have never raised chickens before. I have heard that they need a heat lamp, but I know the risks for fire and would like to avoid that. I have a cozy coop panel heater and was wondering if that would work? Has anyone used...
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    Blood in poop

    Hi, I'm completely new to keeping chickens and I had a question about some droppings. Sometimes when I let my hen out of the coop in the morning, she poops a large pile of droppings (large compared to her droppings during the day). This is the second time there has been what looks like blood in...
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    Heating a chicken coop

    I am new to BYC and new to keeping chickens as well. I adopted a chicken a few weeks ago and I have built her a run and a coop. I put styrofoam insulation in the coop covered by pine boards and I drilled some 1" holes on the front of the coop near the roof for ventilation. My coop is 5' wide by...
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    New to all this stuff

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am completely new to all this stuff. I adopted a chicken about 3 weeks ago after she flew into my yard and my dog (with only a couple teeth, thank god) attacked her. She is fine, and none of the neighbors claimed her so, she's my...
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