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Picked them up at the post office yesterday. ![[Linked Image]](http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt260/jackpine44/chicksbaby_zpsoetqlmdn.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt260/jackpine44/chicksbaby2_zpsalloxcvu.jpg)
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Cute! It must have felt good to get out of the box they were shipped in.
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We started ours 3 weeks ago. About the end of April they'll meet the headsman.
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Good for you guys! Twasn't quite the thread I was hoping it was, though... 
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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They arrived in good shape, did not lose any. Our niece and her daughter will be staying with us for awhile as her husband has been deployed to the middle east. The little girl needs some little critters to play with and take care of. 
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Congrats for winning the USPS challenge.
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We lost 2 out of 30. After they hatch, they can go a couple days running on the nutrients from the egg before they have to eat. I can't prove it, but I think the ones that they might not ever start eating and die after the yolk runs out.
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They arrived in good shape, did not lose any. Our niece and her daughter will be staying with us for awhile as her husband has been deployed to the middle east. The little girl needs some little critters to play with and take care of. Critters are great therapy for her. I bet she misses her daddy.
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Twasn't quite the thread I was hoping it was, though... Well I just cleaned my keyboard 2 days ago, and when I read this I spit coffee on it, LMAO.
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I am thinking about getting some
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How do I build a coop?
I like to do my hunting BEFORE I pull the trigger!
There is only one kind of dead, but there are many different kinds of wounded.
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www.backyardchickens.com has everything you need to know about raising chickens.
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I am thinking about getting some
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How do I build a coop? I may do the same thing. Lord knows we eat enough eggs to justify it.
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Very cool, and the chicks come in a close second!
If all goes as planned, I should be closing on my house 5/4, although a first timer, I plan to build a coop and raise a few myself for the eggs and lawn maintenance.
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Good for you guys! Twasn't quite the thread I was hoping it was, though... There. Is that better? ![[Linked Image]](https://representationandthebodyspring2012.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/4513695671_7d98e0d14c.jpeg)
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I am thinking about getting some
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How do I build a coop? mtbugler63 posted a link that should provide plans for a coop. Make sure the baby chicks are in a round enclosure otherwise they will crowd up in the corners and injure one another. These chicks are in a small, round kids wadding pool out in the garage then will be transfered to a 8'x 10' chicken coop. This farm used to have a round brooder house, but when I bought the place I was too late to save it.
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Looks like you have a few guinea keets there too.
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11 weeks before we get our Cornish cross.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Make sure the baby chicks are in a round enclosure otherwise they will crowd up in the corners and injure one another. I've been raising chicks for many years in a square pen without ever having that problem. I don't have the heat lamp in the corner, though. It's out in the middle.
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I am thinking about getting some
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How do I build a coop? Too bad,..TRH had been waiting years for this post.!
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Good for you guys! Twasn't quite the thread I was hoping it was, though... There. Is that better? Oh, Baby!
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