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    When and how should I introduce chicks to rest of flock?

    About 6 weeks ago we had one Barred Rock hatch. We put it in the brooder and our neighbor had some Rhode Island Reds hatch and gave us one so our one little guy wouldn't be alone. They're out growing the brooder and have almost all their feathers now. Is it time to introduce them? If so, anyone...
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    2 hens with chicks??......Questions

    We have a flock of 12 Barred Rocks, 2 roos & 10 hens. Our very 1st broody successfully hatched 4 chicks (unfortunately, 1 didn't make it) a week & a half ago. We moved her & her eggs to their own smaller pen & shelter that my hubby built for them. Our second broody is setting & her 1st chick is...
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    Deworming chickens?????????

    We have an order of chicks due to arrive in a few weeks. I've been reading on a couple of posts about worming chickens & now I have LOTS of questions! ~How often should you worm them? ~At what age should you start? ~Is there anything that is effective, but safe...........won't affect the eggs...
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    How do I disinfect after coryza infected flock...........

    Last weekend my hubby & I had to cull our small flock due to a coryza infection caused by introducing new hens............I know now, we have learned our lesson. My question is, what do I need to do to disinfect before we order new chicks & should we wait a certain amount of time? We have about...
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    What's the easiest & most humane way to cull???

    We have learned a lesson the hard way. We have a small flock of 12. Being new to chicken keeping we introduced 3 new hens (from "trade day") into our flock, and a few weeks later all my chickens (except for 2 of the new girls) have ALL the signs & symptoms of infectious coryza. After doing...
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    Sick chickens......... HELP PLEASE!

    We are new to keeping chickens & this is my 1st post on the forum. I will go into detail with my situation so that y'all can see over what period of time this has happened. This past Spring we purchased 7 chicks from the local feed store. Everything was going great! They grew up. We got a coop &...
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