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    broken wing or something else?

    hi everyone!! i just picked up 3 new chicks on friday (welsummer, cuckoo maran & a legbar). the welsummer and the legbar are doing just fine but my maran has low energy, she looks thin, and both her wings are very very droopy. i’ve been taking her out of the brooder a few times a day to feed...
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    3 chickens GONE without a trace?!??

    hey everyone! i haven’t been on here in a few months but i figured this would be the best place to post such a question. i have a flock of 8 (5 are just shy of 16 weeks old and the other 3 are 14 weeks). they free range on my property until i put them to bed at around 4-5 pm (hour varies, but...
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    hot wire around run?

    hi all! i really want to do hot wire/electric fence around the outside of my run (and also maybeee the exterior of coop windows), but i’m a total newbie to all this so i’ve just been looking at different types of wire and product reviews online. if anyone has a set up they really like could you...
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    NH red or something else?

    hey everybody! i have five 3-week-old chickies. 2 EE’s, and 3 NH reds. they’re all *mostly* feathered at this point and one of my NH reds is so much lighter in color than the others. i want to get y’all opinions, is it possible she’s a different breed?
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    chick with swollen abdomen...

    hey all. i just lost my 3 day old ameraucana chick this morning. i thought it was pasty butt at first but now i’m not so sure; hoping a someone on here can give me some insight. i went to tend to my girls this morning and this one was just laying down right by the heat plate, while the others...
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    predator proofing??

    hi guys!! we’re getting ready to move our birds out to the coop in the coming weeks and i want to hear any predator proofing tips! our coop is a 10x10 shed that we’ve added a window to. it has a concrete slab floor. it’s a little older so there’s some gaps and little spaces for unwelcome guests...
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    need some advice!!

    hi guys! so i have 5 chicks that are just shy of 3 week old (nh reds & easter eggers if that makes any difference). i live in south florida and i’ve determined that it’s much too hot for them to go outside (80-90°, plus they started panting when i tried to move them to the garage). so keep them...
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    Hello everyone!!

    hi everyone! i just got my first bird babies, 3 NH reds, and 2 “easter eggers” (although i’m fairly certain one is a blue ameraucana). they’re not technically in my backyard yet, as they are 2.5 weeks old so the brooder is still in my house, but i’m already in love! these girls are so friendly...
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