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  1. Ridgerunner

    1 wk vs 3/4 wk old chicks

    That's far enough there should be no serious threat of disease or parasites from one location to another.
  2. Ridgerunner

    1 wk vs 3/4 wk old chicks

    In my opinion, the risk of bringing in a disease or the chicks getting a disease from her existing flock is the same regardless of age. At some point they are going to be exposed to each other. It may be easier to quarantine the younger chicks in the brooder, but basically if you are going to...
  3. Ridgerunner

    1 wk vs 3/4 wk old chicks

    There may be a cost difference but to me everything favors the older birds. They have made it through the first few weeks so you should not have any fatalities. Most day old chicks make it fine but they are more delicate that first week. If they have birth defects it sometimes takes them a...
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