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I had a moment of weakness when I came across a bin of Cinnamon Queens and SLW’s. Never had Cinnamon Queens and they should be sex linked. Are they colored correctly to be female?

I have them in a brooder now. I’m going to move the brooder to the coop and put my broody in it tonight and give her the chicks after dark and be out before daylight to see what happens. If she does t take them I can always brood them myself and break her. This is my brooder set up

I peeps! This is my first time having a broody that I want to give chicks to. I do t have any eggs to give her but I have 4 chicks I got yesterday from the feed store. What is the best way to see if she will accept them? She is a year old and has gone broody 3 times already. I usually just break...

Thanks all! I took him to the emergency vet but of course no one there knew how to fix it. He got some meloxicam and sub Q fluids to keep him hydrated until I can get to the avian vet in the morning.

Guys one of my 8 week olds just got his beak caught in the hardware cloth on the run and cracked his beak badly! I brought him in and cleaned it with veterycin and now he’s sitting in the corner of the brooder in pain. What else can I do!? @aart @Eggcessive @nuthatched @rosemarythyme

@Mrs. K Do you have pics of your Wooly hen and run? That’s sounds intriguing but I’m such a visual person it would help me to see it. How do you attach the wool to the top and what keeps the hens from pecking it all off and eating/pooping on it?

Ok! Thank you so so much! I will reach out again in a few days!

Ok, I removed the brooding plate and turned off one of the window unit heaters in the shop. It will get colder in there tonight then they are used to but still have one heater on and the lamp in the brooder. The shop is 30 ft wide and 40 ft tall and metal so it gets cold in there. I really...

But what about at night? I just put them in the coop with everyone else? I’m afraid they would murdered in the morning lol. Here is their current feather development

@rosemarythyme I can run an extension cord to the coop. And I can also start weaning them off heat in the shop asap. I will remove the brooder plate and turn off the heater in the shop and at that point they would only have the heat lamp. I have chicken wire and zip ties coming out my ears.

Hi Peeps! I am wanting to do the early chick integration method but I can’t wrap my head around how to make it work. I have four 3 week olds that I want to integrate with an existing flock of 8 hens and a rooster that are 1 year old. I read @rosemarythyme article but having trouble applying to...