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    Not using heat lamp

    We moved our 1 month old chicks and brooder out to chicken run. The brooder door is open and has a heat light in it. At 10:00pm I checked on the chicks and they were all out of the brooder, so I put them in by hand and closed the door. It got down to 11 degrees celsius. Will they go to the...
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    3 boxes, only on in use?

    I have 7 hens and 3 nesting boxes. They only use 1 box, there's a line up to get in to it. Boxes are identical in size,shape and material used for construction. I have taken eggs out of the THE BOX and placed them in the other 2 to entice, not a chance. Could I board up THE BOX to force them...
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    treats for chicks

    Our chicks are 34 days old. Could we give them a cob of corn to peck at, with corn on the cob or just the cob?
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    Stinky poop

    Not sure what happened, but all of a sudden the poop stinks. Thought I may have stepped in dog poop on the way to the coop, but I didn't. The chicks were just moved from their brooder in our house to the new coop 3 days ago. We have the chicks on a bed of pine shaving as we did in the...
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    Dust control

    Moved our 28 day old chicks out of the brooder inside our house to the new coop outside. Brooder size area sectioned off with the heat lamp over head, rest of the area with food and water is radiant heat at room temperature. We have the chicks on a bed of pine shavings as we had in the in...
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    Pastey bum

    At what age do you stop looking for pastey bum?
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    Treats

    Our chicks are 6 days old, eating pre-starter crumbles. When and what type of treats could we feed them?
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    pine shavings

    Our chicks are 5 days old. Brooder has been layered with paper towel. At what point can we had pine shavings with out them trying to eat them?
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    inconsistent poop

    We have 18 chicks hatched 5 days ago. We had a couple poops that came out blackish and watery.
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    New to the clutch

    1st time chicken owners. Our 18 chicks were hatched on March 14th am. we picked them up later that day. The unsexted clutch consist of pure Ameraucanas and Ameraucana crosses.
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