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    Hens stole chicks, ok to raise?

    That’s good. The update is: I’ve kept the door closed between the two areas—chickens are on a landing area and the chicks are in a bedroom. However, they still managed to get another one. Since it was only one, I put it back in the brooder too. Hilariously, they only steal chicks that look...
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    Hens stole chicks, ok to raise?

    So usually the chicks from the brooder would never meet my egg layers. The chicks are seramas, which I raise, and we have a few silkies and a couple Easter eggers, which we keep in a separate coop. We also have adult seramas, but they currently live outside. So anyway. A fox broke into our...
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    Second hatch, question about taking chicks out of incubator early

    Ok, so I’m good to just take them out if they get too rowdy. :)
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    Second hatch, question about taking chicks out of incubator early

    So, my first hatch all the eggs that made it past day 7 hatched. Since they were shipped eggs I was prepared to assist. Luckily, they were all doing a good job hatching on their own, right till the very end. From the first one to the last was about 12 hours. My early bird hatched a solid 8...
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    Chickens hate new feed, what to do?

    Update: The big girls are still eating the new food, the seramas are still rejecting it. I kept giving them the kalmbach for a bit but ended up switching them back to the manna pro. The kalmbach is in date and seems ok to me. No pests, not moist or moldy. It has been so hot they are really...
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    Chickens hate new feed, what to do?

    Lol, there are people out there employed to taste test pet food…I’m not sure it applies to chickens. But I figured maybe there was a chance. It says Kalmbach feeds all natural 17% layer crumbles on the bag. Also my dog thinks it’s the cat’s meow. I accidentally spilled some and she vacuumed...
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    Chickens hate new feed, what to do?

    I am new at keeping chickens. All of them were on manna pro, but it’s expensive so I decided to switch to Kalmbach. The big girls, some Easter eggers and silkies, don’t care for it a lot, but are still eating it. They’re and 4.5 months and look healthy and growing well. My other chickens...
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    New to Chickens, I need help figuring out what their behavior means and what to do

    My kids (9 and 12) would be devastated if any of the birds went deliberately to the chickens in the afterlife. They both cried when Kevin died and are still deliberating over whether or not she is haunting us, or has forgotten all about us in the afterlife. :/. One of my son’s friends also...
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    New to Chickens, I need help figuring out what their behavior means and what to do

    Thank you for the advice! And the welcome. :). I put out a second food dish this morning. They were far apart enough that Twix could not hog both at the same time. Watching him chase Sleepy, Batman, Sugar and Timmy back and forth trying to keep them away from the food was some good...
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    New to Chickens, I need help figuring out what their behavior means and what to do

    Hi! I am a new chicken keeper! I have two flocks, one of 6 hens, 3 bantams and 3 Eastereggers. They get along great, this is not the ‘problem’ flock. The other flock, all Serama chickens, is what I am worried about. We hatched them from eggs. They are approximately 16 and a half weeks old...
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