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    Out to the coop

    I went away for the weekend and came home to chicks that had to go to their coop - immediately. I knew it was time but wanted to be home when they moved out. Over the three days that I was gone, they grew so much that I knew I couldn’t wait any longer. At 5 weeks of age, out they went. They...
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    Moving chicks to coop questions

    I’m a new chicken mom and I have questions. My chicks are four weeks today and they are getting too big for their brooder. They no longer sleep under the heater and are testing their wings all the time, which creates chaos. I have started taking them down to their future run in the mornings and...
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    Curved Beak

    I’m curious. I have a chick who seems to have a more curved beak that the others. She doesn’t seem to have any problems eating or drinking. Is this in the realm of normal? I’m a first time chicken mama and spend weird amounts of time just observing behavior and checking their little bodies...
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    Growing too fast

    I am a new chick mama and my girls aren’t even three weeks old. I bought a puppy play pen to act as a brooder because, stupid me, I was sure this would work easily for five or six weeks. After all, I only have 8 (now 7 😥) chicks. Well, I went out of town for 3 days and my son took care of them...
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    Giving Chicks Playtime Outside

    I have seven chicks that are two and a half weeks old. Their brooder is a puppy playpen and I have a chick playpen for taking them outside. It is a big mesh tube that I thought I could put inside their future chicken run. I would keep them supervised and as they got older, I thought I would let...
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    New Chicken Mama here

    I am a very new chicken mama (about six hours) and I have the silliest questions. I have been researching and tried to be prepared for pasty butt, splay legs, chicks that weren't thriving, but weirdly (thankfully), none of that has happened (yet). I was concerned because it took four days to...
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    How and when to Cull

    I hate to ask this but - I am going to get my first chicks in two months and want to be as prepared as possible. I see lots of posts that mention when it would be best to cull a chick or adult chicken but I don't know how to get the details of how to perform this properly and humanely. I expect...
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    Are sick chicks an everyday occurance?

    Please excuse if this is a dumb question but I am new to the world of chickens. I ordered chicks (first time) that should have been delivered last week. The brooder was ready, the coops are built and I was ready, and excited to go. Unfortunately, my chicks couldn't ship (freezing temps) so we...
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    Predator Proofing in Advance

    Sorry for the long message in advance. We recently moved from a large city to a rural location in Central Texas and are getting ready to add chicks in February. I am putting together two chicken coops and I am busy gathering information to make these coops as predator-proof as possible before...
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    New to the World of Chickens

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We had chickens when I was very young and loved it. Now I'm very old and decided it was time to have chickens again. I retired about a year ago and we just moved to a place with enough space to keep chickens. (2) How many...
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