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    Help choosing best electric fence for predator protection

    I am brand new to this and I am in the process of building my run. I want to put an electric fence on the outside of the hardware cloth for extra predator deterrence. I would really appreciate any advice I could get - I am quite attached to these little rascals and would be devastated if...
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    7 week old guinea running backwards??

    I just saw my 7 week old guinea take a dust bath ( in damp sand ) and then get up and start " moon walking " very quickly backwards several times. Does anyone know what's going on? The young guinea is acting normal in every other way??
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    Quarentine New Chicks??

    I am new at this so I hope this is not a stupid question I have 6 chicks that I got from my pet chicken - they are now 2 weeks old. Yesterday I purchased 9 more 2 week old chicks from a nice man here in Georgia. Do I need to keep the 2 groups separate and if so for how long? any advice would be...
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    DE in young chicks water

    Does anyone or has anyone mixed DE in their young chicks water? I have a chick that's not absorbing her nutrition so I was wondering if this was a treatment option. Any help would be appreciated!!!
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    sprout for chickens

    I am going to grow sprouts for my chickens and I wondered if there were any seeds that I shouldn't sprout. Any thoughts?
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    chick with week toes

    I have a 3 day old chick with weak toes and I searched BYC and read about the "shoe method" of giving your chick needed support for healthy foot development. I also read that giving the chick something like pedialyte would also be good - however, I can't figure out if I should dilute it or not...
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    using sand in your coops

    I am setting up my first coop and I love the river sand idea for the chicken coop. Does anyone know if you can use quartz sand in your coop instead of river sand ? If you can, is one better than the other? thanks!
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