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    Barely week old chicks with one playing leap frog - could this be a cockrell?

    My first batch of five chicks arrived a week ago and they are growing like crazy. One of the two buff orpington is noticably larger than the other chicks and now it is squaring off with all of the rest of them and jumping on their backs. It has been terrorizing all of the other chicks for the...
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    New to chickens - age differences in brooding.

    Hello, I preface this post with the disclaimer that while I have had parrots, I am new to chickens. I received my first batch of 5 chicks on Wednesday, the 31st of May and all seems ok (after I stopped freaking out about how tiny and delicate that they are...imagine cleaning their rumps...
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    Mixing day old chicks from different hatcheries...bad idea, no?

    Hello, I purchased 6 chicks from Meyers Hatchery in Ohio that are to arrive in June. They were sold out of lavender orpingtons - which is one I very much wanted for my first flock. I found Chesapeake Hatchery in MD and they have LOs available, along with most other breeds I purchased sans blue...
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    New to BYC from Virginia

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? While I am not new to bird keeping (macaw, parrotlet, cockatiels), I am new to chickens. We have just purchased a coop and am now placing an order for my first small/urban flock of six hens which are permitted by the city. (2) How...
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