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    Momma hen just hatched baby chicks! Now what?

    We keep her and the rooster together, in a different coop than the laying hens. Should we isolate mom and chicks from the rooster? Will it bother mom to move her to see how many chicks there are? My daughter is dying to see how many. We found one chick dead and an unhatched egg in the...
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    Momma hen just hatched baby chicks! Now what?

    We have had a hen brooding for several weeks and never expected anything to happen. However, we just checked on her and heard cheeping and saw several beeks pop out of her feathers! Should we leave them alone or seperate the chicks and put them under a warming lamp. We have raised baby...
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    How long are eggs good outside?

    We were gone over the weekend and I was wondering about the eggs. Should we keep them or throw them out? I don't really know the rule if you don't get to collect them each day.
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    Watering

    Where can you get the cup watering system and how does it work?
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    Help! Chicks with blood around tail feathers

    We have never had chickens before. We have 20 babies together. They are 4 or 5 weeks old. We purchased them form our local TSC. Several of them have blood around their tail feathers and are peeking around on the bloody areas. What's going on? Do we have to many together? Is this just...
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    Roost for Chicks....

    We used an old broom handle through the corner about 8" off the ground with a 2x4 ramp. Our chicks are flying up and sitting on the handle and flying off. They are so cute walking up and sliding down the ramp!
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    Acid in chicken poo?

    We have 20 new chicks my husband brought home from our local TSC. The kids were playing with them and one child got chicken poo on his leg. They washed is leg off, but his parents won't let him play with the chicks anymore because they think there may be acid in the poo. He got a red spot on...
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    Hello out there!

    Thanks for the info. He brought them home about 8 days ago from TSC, any guess how old they might be? Most are yellow, 4 of them are a reddish brown. Still cute and fuzzy.
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    Kids handling chicks and salmonella

    I just asked that question myself. I am getting a giant bottle of hand sanitizer to put out there just to be safe!
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    Who here has brought home more chicks then they originally planned?

    My husband showed up last week with 20 baby chicks from TSC! I don't know if they are boys or girls! I said 5, 10 tops, but he obviously did not hear me! I think I am going to have to buy the chicken for dumbies book!!!
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    Introduction

    Whoops, posted without an introduction! We are a homeschooling family from semi-rural Arkansas! We have twins, 4 dogs, 1 fish and now 20 chickens! My husband thought this would be a good experience for the kids! Hope he is right. Everyone on BYC seems to love their chickens. I am sure we...
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    Hello out there!

    My husband brought home 20 cute baby chicks from TSC last week. Found BYC trying to figure out what to do with them! WHAT DO WE DO WITH THEM!!!!! We are about to build a coop. Is salmonella a worry around kids? When will they be old enough to put in a coop? How long do they live? Can they...
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