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One of our babies was ill, so we took her to the vet. They gave her an antibiotic shot and some fluids. Then asked for her to come back today for another antibiotic shot. She had been doing SO good after her trip to the vet at the end of last week. Then today, when I take her...
We have a Silver Speckled Hamburg, she is about 18 weeks old. Her one eye is slightly swollen and shut most of the time. She will open it a little bit, but mainly keeps it closed. Her appetite and water intake are fine. She normally won't get to close to us, but since I noticed her eye she...
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We have 10 chicks, they are 6 weeks old and they have lived outside in their run/coop for about 1.5 weeks. The first few nights we had to move them into the coop at dusk. Now, all but the Polish chicken goes into the coop and I have to pick her up and put her in there. Is this...
Later this month we will all be gone for one night. Is it ok for that one night for us to leave the coop door open?
They are fully enclosed in the run, they won't be out in the open and nothing will get in by them.
Thanks for the advice.
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We are moving out 4 week baby chicks to their coop/run and have another question.
With them being little still, will they make there way up the ramp into the coop or will we have to move them up there at night time? Or will they know to go up there? They have been kept in the garage so far...
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We are still new to having our chicks. They will be with us 3 weeks tomorrow. They are already getting a lot of feathers!
When is it safe for them to move into their outdoor coop? We are considering letting them get acclimated to the area, by moving their baby pen to the run area. We...
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My name is Christina, my husband, John has already made an account and discussed more the the building aspect of the coop for the chickens. I am hear to learn about care and cleaning processes for our soon new batch of baby chicks. We will have 10 baby chicks on about a month. So, we...