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    Momma hen just hatched baby chicks! Now what?

    We have had a hen brooding for several weeks and never expected anything to happen. However, we just checked on her and heard cheeping and saw several beeks pop out of her feathers! Should we leave them alone or seperate the chicks and put them under a warming lamp. We have raised baby...
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    How long are eggs good outside?

    We were gone over the weekend and I was wondering about the eggs. Should we keep them or throw them out? I don't really know the rule if you don't get to collect them each day.
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    Help! Chicks with blood around tail feathers

    We have never had chickens before. We have 20 babies together. They are 4 or 5 weeks old. We purchased them form our local TSC. Several of them have blood around their tail feathers and are peeking around on the bloody areas. What's going on? Do we have to many together? Is this just...
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    Acid in chicken poo?

    We have 20 new chicks my husband brought home from our local TSC. The kids were playing with them and one child got chicken poo on his leg. They washed is leg off, but his parents won't let him play with the chicks anymore because they think there may be acid in the poo. He got a red spot on...
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    Introduction

    Whoops, posted without an introduction! We are a homeschooling family from semi-rural Arkansas! We have twins, 4 dogs, 1 fish and now 20 chickens! My husband thought this would be a good experience for the kids! Hope he is right. Everyone on BYC seems to love their chickens. I am sure we...
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    Hello out there!

    My husband brought home 20 cute baby chicks from TSC last week. Found BYC trying to figure out what to do with them! WHAT DO WE DO WITH THEM!!!!! We are about to build a coop. Is salmonella a worry around kids? When will they be old enough to put in a coop? How long do they live? Can they...
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