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Valofcoopdevilla said:
They shouldn't be out in the coop as baby chicks you can't keep an eye on them as well; wait until they are 4 to 5 weeks old. You will need to have access to water for pasty butt if they get it and keep an eye on they food, water and temperature.
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Sorry but this is pure nonsense. A chick raised in a coop under a brooder plate rarely experiences pasty butt. It's just as easy to provide food and clean water to a chick as it is to an adult chicken.
Not once have I ever had a chick inside my house. They start and end in the coop.
Non broody raised chicks being brooded in the coop:
1 week olds.jpg

Ancona.jpg
They are healthier, feather out faster, integrate into an adult flock on their own by 6-7 weeks.

roost pile up.jpg

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Broody raised chicks hatched in the coop, raised in the coop and integrated at 2 weeks (the one all the way on the left in the first picture):
Auntie Momma 3.jpg
Barb first day outside with kids.jpg

Tinks first chicks.jpg

Kerrie with her chicks.jpg
 

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