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Thanks, Junebuggena! I think I'm worrying & babying too much.

Just thought I'd give a quick update. I started putting these two out with my full-grown hens in a fenced in area and then (while I'm supervising) foraging together for the last week. They were doing great and spent 3 nights in a crate sleeping outside too. So, all was going well, they were...

I've been watching videos online of chicks that are 5-6 weeks old & I believe you & Junebuggena are right. I'm really frustrated that I was taken advantage of but thank you for letting me know why he probably did that. I was aware that was a law. The first chicks I bought over a year ago I'd...

Thanks so much for your advice! :)

I took those pictures just after I turned the heat lamp on, Sunday. I'm trying to take pictures tonight but they are really skittish and keep trying to fly out of my make-shift brooder. They aren't hunched up anymore, they're very active. Do you think I should treat them for Cocci just in case...

They seem small for 9 weeks but I've never had EEs before and heard they can be on the smaller side.

Yes, exactly. Mine don't have any down feathers left. I've never had EEs but I've heard they can be on the smaller side.

Thanks for the advice. I'm thinking maybe I will start taking them out on "field trips" during the day. Then back under the lamp at night. At least for another week or so.

I think mine are fully feathered. (Sorry, not the greatest picture)

I have a little bit of a complicated question... I just got 2 EE chicks from a poultry meet up/swap. Originally I was told they were 10.5 weeks. They were not under a heat lamp but there were about 6 huddled together. I brought them home & because it wasn't even 40° out, decided to keep them in...