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    Don Roberto Feed for Hens and Rooster?

    I've seen this Don Roberto Feed at my local feed store and was wondering if this would be good feed for my hens and a rooster? Would this be good feed for the hot desert summer?
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    Help. Fly problem and Keeping chickens cool in AZ Desert??

    I have a fly problem. It's getting HOT 🔥 (95°F today in Arizona) and my hens/rooster have a 10x10 coop the floor is just the desert dirt that its built on (no floor bedding). I have been hosing down the ground with water in there to keep my flock cool, but now have like a bunch of flies in...
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    Bland Tasting Eggs

    How do I make my eggs tasty? What am I doing wrong? I have 2 chickens that started laying eggs about 2 weeks ago (A Delaware and Barred Rock). I also have a rooster and 11 pullets that should start laying in a couple months. The eggs taste so bland...much blander than store bought eggs from...
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    3.5 week old Cockerel. Big Red Comb.

    This is my Leghorn cockerel. Only 3.5 weeks old and has a nice big red comb already. He's so cute. 🙂
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    Putting 2 mean chicks outside in the chicken coop

    So I have two 3 week old mean chicks that instigate pecking and harming the other chicks that are 2 and 3 weeks old. I put those two outside with my two big chicks (9 weeks old) that absolutely hate them. I had to do that or else all my little chicks will be injured in some way.
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    My Pullets Attacked My Cockerel!

    All the girls ganged up on him and were attacking my cockerels waddles. Thankfully no bleeding. I seperated him so he has his own brooder now. He is 2 weeks old and the girls are 2 weeks and some are 1 week old.
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    2 week old Leghorn. Cockerel?

    I bought a pullet assortment, but this one is the only Leghorn with a bigger and pinker comb. Is this a Cockerel?
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    2 day old chick pecks other chicks eyes.

    Today I got 5 baby chicks in the mail from Ideal Poultry. One little chick keeps pecking the eyes of the same aged ones and even the older 9 day old chicks in the eyes. What should I do about this one 2 day old chick?
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    Kruse's Perfection chick feed?

    Anyone have experience with Kruse's Perfection medicated chick feed? It's at a local feed store and it's more affordable than Purina chick feed.
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    Mixing 1 day old chicks with 1 week old chicks?

    Is it safe to mix chicks that are 1 week olds with 1 day olds? I only have 1 heat plate and 1 brooder.
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    3 day old chick off balance/wobbly

    I ordered 10 chicks from Ideal Poultry (1 dead DOA) and 1 is very wobbly/off balance. It's eating and everything, but it has wings out for balance or is squatting down to eat with legs all splayed. All of them were vaccinated against Marek's. The rest of the chicks are totally normal and active.
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    Giving Electrolyes for cold weather?

    I'm just wondering if there's any benefits to giving their chickens Electrolytes in the water when it's cold outside.
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    Excited! Just ordered Chicks from Ideal.

    Yesterday I ordered 10 chicks total from Ideal Poultry and they will ship out on Oct. 28. This is what I ordered: - 7 White Egg Layer Assortment - 3 Red Star It will be fun trying to find out which breeds are in the White Egg Layer Assortment.
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    How are American Game Chickens?

    I have a friend that can get me some American Game Chickens (pullets). Are they good egg layers? Will they be ok with my two feed store chicks (5 week old Barred Rock and Delaware)?
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    Family member sprayed RAID right next to Brooder 😡

    I mopped the floor ASAP to get the RAID Ant/Cockroach spray washed off the floor like a foot away from my chicks brooder. I told them to never do that ever again. Are my chicks going to be ok?
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    Where to order chicks?: Hoover Hatchery Vs. Ideal Poultry?

    Any experiences with these hatcheries? Which hatchery has healthy chicks that will survive and thrive after the shipment to Arizona? I'm planning on ordering 6 chicks in the near future to add to my "flock" of two older chicks.
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    How many standard chickens in a 10x10 open run "coop".

    I'm in the hot desert of Arizona. I built a 10x10 ( with 8 foot height) run as an open coop for standard sized chickens (no solid walls, just hardware cloth). They won't be free ranging (too many predators for that). They will have a few nest boxes (either 3 or 4) and open roosts inside this...
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    Chicks refused Dumor, but eat Purina happily.

    My 2 chicks have been eating Purina Starter/Grower since I got them. Yesterday I was at Tractor Supply and bought a small bag of Dumor Chick Starter because of the lower price and being supposedly made by Purina. My chicks outright refused to eat Dumor. I still had some Purina left over and...
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    Chicks are eating Paper Towel bedding. What to switch to?

    I noticed them eating the paper towels that I have used as their bedding and need to switch to another type of bedding. Which should I switch to?
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    Got surprised with 2 chicks...and I wasnt ready!

    I've never kept chickens before. A friend of mine randomly gave me 2 chicks and I dont have any supplies ready for them... 😥 For now I gave them a little storage box to live in and paper towels as bedding. I gave them instant oats to eat and water in a cat dish. I will go now to Tractor Supply...
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