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    starter feed ok for 2mo old pullets? kitty litter for grit?

    hey y'all! when i got my chicks, i also bought a 20lb bag of starter feed (which is still almost half full!). Is it wrong to feed the now 2month old pullets this feed instead of grower feed? Also wondering if kitty litter would be ok to use for grit? i try to free range them as much as possible...
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    coop w 1 open side, are no-seeums and mosquitos an issue?

    hey yall! finally finished my coop/run. the coop is sealed up on all but one side, which is open to the run. I saw a coop like this while out on a bikeride, and followed suit for added ventilation (frkn hot in FL!) Recently read that the birds get that classic anxiety around dusk, near their...
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    poor chick, neck feathers and skin ripped off...

    hey yall, yesterday i found one of my chicks hiding behind the waterer in the brooder, picked her up and her the back of her neck was a bloody mess, skin gone, muscle exposed. i have no clue what happened, but i guess maybe she was trying to squeeze out of one of the smaller bars in the dog cage...
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    excited newbie, open to recommendations...

    howdy! i got 5 chix a few weex ago. 2 buff orps, a welsummer, a speckled sussex, and a turken. Ive always wanted chkns, and w the covid-19 pandemic/ stay at home situation, i just dove in hed 1st w/o knowing much of anythng. ive got em all in a big dog cage as the brooder. learned online that...
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