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    Chick Food brand change...

    My chicks are 9 weeks old and I am almost done with a bag of chick food, I don't want to buy another since it only comes in 50lb bags. I am told at 11 weeks I can give them regular chicken feed. But for the time being can I get another brand that comes in a smaller bag? I have been feeding...
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    Kicking them out of the house Final Chapter....

    OMG, today I let the chickens out of the coop after being in there for a whole week. Today I cleaned out that smelly coop and re-set the door opening to manual. Door was set to close at 9pm EST and well it did with all my babies inside. The Australorp Gang has learned their safe place!! Thanks...
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    Kicking them out of the house part 2....

    .Ok this morning I had to bite the bullet and get those 13 babies in the coop. It's about 60 degrees out so cooping them up won't upset me. I took all the great advice from here and other friends and it was a success. I used some plastic snow fencing to reduce the size of the run area, then...
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    Kicking them out of the house....

    I am just about to kick all 13 of them out of my house. All I have left is finishing the fencing. Essentially I guess I am building a huge bird cage. My run will have chicken wire over the top to stop those from above from eating my babies and 2 X 4 fence with chicken wire around then...
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    4 weeks old ,turned off heat

    This past week we had a really hot one over 90 all week so a fan went on upstairs where the babies are and it was good no roasted chicks. LOL Today we are going down to 50's at night they are still inside the house but I didn't put their heater on. They have noticeable feathers at 4 weeks old...
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    2 connected brooders....

    I made 2 brooders for my little ones that are now 3 weeks old. I created a cardboard oval for each butted them together with an adjoining door. I block the door to each side so I can keep them celan with out too much stress. Now when they get bigger they will need more room in there can I...
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    Australorps

    Can anyone chime in with experience in this breed? All I know is what I read, they are great egg producers and are some great diversities of black and white feathers. I am calling them the Australorp Gang.
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    Cooping it up!!!

    I am Pat and I got my first 13 babies last week. Not my first time raising them but it has been a minute sine I was 15! LOL I got 13 Australorp babies. They are adoreable, I am addicted. I built the coop for them and decorated it. Hoping these girls like it. It is named Chick-Mahal, the...
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