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    Run Ideas/Free Ranging

    Hi all, hoping some compassionate group think. We have been free ranging in our enclosed 6ft privacy fenced in yard for well over a year with no issues until now. We’re in an urban area with 8 chickens and have bushes covered and lots of chairs etc to hid under. However, our sitter left the run...
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    Urban Setting

    Hi all! Pretty new to the chicken world but I live in an urban setting around a highway so my predators haven’t been terrible in the past. We have a new insulated 6ft fence & we have filled every crevice & gap, of course they have a very secure run & coop. For about 8 months now they’ve been...
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    Cheeks are gone 😭

    My EE girls are 6 months and have fabulous cheeks. Recently I noticed that face grooming was really in style and that two of my girls’ cheeks were looking spotty. Today I come out to them after eating watermelon and 3 more girls are being groomed in the face to be rid of the juice. I used “no...
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    8 week old moving into coop in winter

    Hi everyone! Would really appreciate your help here. My chicks are 8 weeks in a few days, and are Easter Eggers (cold hardy).. I’ve been concerned about moving them outside because it’s still pretty cold in WI. They’re inside our garage now and it’s around 55 degrees in there. They love being...
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    Scared Chicks

    My chicks are 2.5 weeks old and I feel like they’re soooooo skittish. I have been holding them, sitting with them, moving slow and steady, kept things quiet for them as much as possible (they’re in our basement so noises are happening often), and always talk gently and sweetly to them, have...
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    Exposing chicks to outside germs??

    Hi all! I’ve got 2.5 week old babies who are in my basement. I can’t move them outside for a bit because well, winter in Wisconsin. But should I be putting outside dirt/grass in their brooder for them to get exposed to outside germs? If I do, what should I prepare for in terms of diseases...
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