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Hens: Little Bo and Peep

I tried mashed up boiled egg on my week old chicks--not interested. Then I took a little of my uncooked breakfast oatmeal and put it on a plate. Once they got a taste for that they went crazy. I started putting a little bit of oats on my hand every morning and laying it on the bottom of the...

I have six in a 50 gallon tub brooder with about 3 inches of pine shavings. I use a kitty litter scoop and scoop out poop every evening before bed, then I add more pine shavings. I clean the water dish morning, after work, and evening. They always get pine shavings in it and sometimes poop...

I have six two-week-old chicks in a brooder. I only plan on keeping 3 of them. My co-worker will be raising the other three. How old should they be before I give them away? I was told they do better in larger groups when they are young.