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    New chicken owner needs help....

    Hi, I have an Olive Egger that is almost a year old....she’ll be a year old in May. And I have started to notice about the last two weeks that her keel bone was more prominent and she seems to have been losing weight. And I’ve been noticing the last couple days that there were more feathers on...
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    Loose stools

    Hi, my chickens are almost 7 months old and I have started noticing very loose stools and some brownish stools. They get their layer feed, because all of them are now laying, and they get clean water every day and at about noon I give them a scattering of the five grain feed, then about 4...
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    Run Stinks

    Hi...I have four chickens that are almost 19 weeks old. We have a tiny back yard but we built a coop that is 4 x6 and a run that is 8x8. Is this run to small for four chickens because the run stinks and I make a habit of raking it out every night after they go to bed So I don’t understand what...
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    Need help, Hen or Rooster?

    Hi, my son has some backyard chickens and he thinks he might have a rooster. is he right? Thanks so much for the help.
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    Can I use just newspaper now that they are five weeks old.

    New chicken mom here so please forgive any stupid questions. I have five week old chicks and I didn’t use newspaper in the brooder when they were little because they could slip on it so I used pine shavings....as they got older they kept getting so much pine shavings in their water that it was...
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    Need help with five week old chick.

    I have a five week old EE and lately she has been very quiet and not the same as before. She used to come up to your hand to be petted when you put your hand down in the brooder and tonight when I was talking to her she would open her mouth like she was chirping but no sound came out. Is this...
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    What am I..?

    I was told that my Meyer Meal Maker was either a Easter Egger or some type of Wyandotte (can’t remember which one). Can anyone tell me which she is. She has puffy looking little cheeks, like a hamster...lol.
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    Brinsea Brooder

    Hi...my little ones are three weeks old and growing like crazy. They all have their wing feathers and are getting more body feathers every day. We are now down to 85 to 80 degrees in the brooder and when is it time to stop using the brinsea brooder? They don’t sleep under it any more and sleep...
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    Chicks and the heat....

    The chicks are 9 days old today. I’ve read about the schedule you should keep, the first week 95°, the second week 90°, and so on. Here in Texas...right now with this time of year that’s almost impossible to do. We’re having hundred degree days and there’s no way to just keep bringing the...
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    Need help with baby chicks and possible dust bathing.

    Hi...my little ones are eight days old today and every single time I turn around...their food bowl is empty. This only started happening in the last two days. It is a small bowl compared to a regular bowl but I’m wondering what is going on. There is food all around the bowl and I’m wondering if...
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    Need help with Brinsea Ecoglow

    Hi...Our baby chicks made it here before the echo glow did, so for 3 to 4 days I was using my daughters heat lamp to keep them warm. The echo glow arrived today. What I’m wondering is will the chicks now know to go under the ecoglow to get warm or are they now used to the heat lamp and that’s...
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    New Baby Chick Owner

    Hi...today I became a new chick owner. They arrived from Meyer Hatchery and I did as I read, I dipped each of their beaks into the water and goodness they learned that one fast. If any experienced owners have any suggestions for my brooder please let me know. They have their food and a small...
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