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    Tracy, CA Looking for 4-8 week old pullets

    We have a lonely Welsummer that's about 6 weeks old and we just lost the last pullet closest to her in age. Anyone near me have some young pullets to spare? Thanks, Karen
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    Cat Proof Indoor Brooder?

    Not sure if this the right forum, but we are looking to get some new baby chicks that we'll eventually introduce to our current birds. We raised our other chickens indoors until they were feathered. The only problem is that now we have a cat. We adopted an older cat that belonged to my friend's...
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    Adding chicks to older chickens

    Can anyone share their experience with adding new chicks to older chickens? We have 3 hens that are approximately 10 months old. They are (I believe) a red sexlink, a golden wyandotte and a white leghorn. When we got these chicks we kept them inside our house until they were feathered and plan...
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    To lay or just to poop?

    So my chickens aren't laying yet. I'm theorizing that, the house part of the coop is now too small, the two nesting boxes (part of the tiny house) are being slept in (we have 4 chickens) and pooped in! Have had fake eggs in there for the longest time and now THEY are just getting pooped on...
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    They're just chickens aren't they?

    How can you tell I have no idea what I'm doing? A. We bought our chicks at Ace Hardware. B. When asked what kind they are by friends, "uh, they're chickens?" C. Posting here to ask for your help so I don't continue to look like an idiot (see point b) Please and thank you!
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    Total Chicken Newbie!

    So, we took my cousins daughter and my DIL's niece (who lives with us) to Ace Hardware and bought chicks! They were in a borrowed brooder contraption in the house for about 3 weeks and we recently moved them outside to the coop we'd bought on Amazon. Soon realized they need a chicken run pronto...
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    To Grit or Not to Grit

    So, if I am giving my chicks chick starter do I necessarily need grit? I'm gathering that when you start introducing other foods like treats that you should also introduce grit...yes?
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