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itsredcandy said:
Chicken behavior: I am assuming these are normal, please help me understand. The chick I thought was a rooster based on the feathering/coloring and suggestions from the Breed/Sex forum is dusting. Do baby ( 3.5 weeks) roosters dust? Also, I put in a new light in the brooder with the 3.5 week olds and they are acting strangely. They are laying on their side and opening a wing and putting their claws in front of them as if they are sun bathing. Then another chick will come up and kick out the chick that was laying there and do the same thing. It's almost like they are playing dead or something. It's really strange. I am only 3.5 weeks (5 weeks of reading) into the whole chicken hobby, so please forgive me. My husband thinks I've fallen off my rocker. I told him I am ready to retire and move to a farm. I am 37, no chance of retiring unless I win the lottery.


Thanks in Advance

~Selina
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Mine did that too when they got in to the sunlight.

Someone here said it was perfectly normal and they go into a kind of a trance when they do the dust bath thing.
 
Mikey D said:
Welcome to the AZ sub-forum Billiam!!!

What size shirt do you need?
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I'll ask again when we are done talking about t-shirts!
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In the meantime I'll keep reading the 15+ new pages every night regarding 15 different topics.
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BTW I like the AZ flag design and I'll take a 2XL. :)
 
I like the flag design also but also liked one or two of mine. Just let me know. You don't want the picture on the shirt to be to big. Most shirts have the design right in the middle across the chest. Not the whole shirt. 8"x10" should be about right. I can check with my systum if they blow up alright. Everyone just has to decide. We will not be able to get all to agree. Magority will have to rule.
If we get too fancy with shirt type and design it will end up costing a lot more to have produced. For some reason I think Tank shirts will cost more than Ts.
 
Ever see a cat find the single sunbeam coming through the window and sprawl on in that sunbeam? That is what the chicks are doing. Now, imagine you have two cats and one sunbeam--cat #2 finds the sunbeam and kicks cat #1 out so he can sprawl. Cat one stomps off, but later comes back and boots cat #2...repeat until the sun no longer reaches the window--and then they start telling you loudly how very, Very, VERY starved they are. While a full bowl of cat food is within sight.

All chickens dust bathe.

itsredcandy said:
Chicken behavior: I am assuming these are normal, please help me understand. The chick I thought was a rooster based on the feathering/coloring and suggestions from the Breed/Sex forum is dusting. Do baby ( 3.5 weeks) roosters dust? Also, I put in a new light in the brooder with the 3.5 week olds and they are acting strangely. They are laying on their side and opening a wing and putting their claws in front of them as if they are sun bathing. Then another chick will come up and kick out the chick that was laying there and do the same thing. It's almost like they are playing dead or something. It's really strange. I am only 3.5 weeks (5 weeks of reading) into the whole chicken hobby, so please forgive me. My husband thinks I've fallen off my rocker. I told him I am ready to retire and move to a farm. I am 37, no chance of retiring unless I win the lottery.


Thanks in Advance

~Selina
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