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We got our pullets in March. We raised them in our bathroom for a month and a half. We got some meat birds. My daughter wanted to raise the chickens. She has done a great job. We butchered our meat birds and have been waiting for the girls to start laying. She went out to move the tractor...

They are in a broiler pen.

It's weird because we have been feeding them twice a day and no food at night since they were 5 days old. This bird is the smallest of all the birds.

We have 15Cornish Rocks that will be 5 weeks old Thursday. One of the birds is sitting on its rear with both legs stuck out in front of it. When it stands, its feet are pointed outward and can hardly walk. It was eating up until yesterday, and now all it does is sit where it is at. Any ideas...

We lost a chick today that we had for 8 days. We have 15 more that seem to be doing great. I just want some input on feeding them. We are feeding them a 24% protein chick feed. We just started feeding them in 12 hr blocks. Should we be feeding them anything else besides the starter? Do I need...

Thank you Mare. I told her she was doing a great job. Told things like this happen when raising more than a few birds. It's just part of life. They are in a 2'x4'x2' galvanized stock tank with a heat lamp on one end. She does well keeping fresh shavings over the poop and keeping the food and...

We have 5 week old pullets and picked up 16 Cornish Rocks last Thursday. All the meaties seemed to be doing well until this morning when I put the food down for them. 15 of them swarmed the feeder, but one just stood in the corner. Then it would lay down. Later in the morning, my daughter picked...

Hello, My name is Aaron from NH. The family picked up six pullets from our local tractor supply two weeks ago. After some research on this site, it looks like we have 6 NH Reds. They have grown so fast in the first two weeks. They respond to our voice, and when we take the cage off the box they...