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Got chickens? We produce and sell high quality poultry waterers and feeders for chickens of any size!

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Make sure you don’t give a chicken TOO much room in a coop. They can travel up to 9 miles/hour.

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Do you need a rooster to get eggs? No! Enjoy your chickens without the early hour wake up call.

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After the first week or two, give your chick a worm or a bug from your yard to play with and eat.

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Section off an area in your yard with a chicken coop so your chicks can explore and you can easily catch them when it’s house time

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Because chicks are extremely prone to many diseases, cleanliness is VERY important at the beginning & litters should be changed frequently.

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Does your chicken follow you around? What did you name it when it was little?

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Why raise chickens? Easy and inexpensive pets, fresh eggs, chemical-free bug and weed control, best fertilizer and they’re fun!

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Prevention of mite & louse infestation is difficult. Don’t get yourself down if they occur. Keep your coop clean & check chickens regularly.

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After the first 2 months of chick care, move your chicken into a chicken coop: 4-5 sq/ft per chicken in an outside run

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Don’t feed your baby chickens greens unless you want to receive diarrhea!

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Form a compost pile of your chicken’s poop on the floor of the coop with the deep litter method, just add enough shavings.

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Fun fact: Ameraucana and Araucana chickens can lay colored green or blue eggs, depending on the breed and its ancestry

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Chicken enthusiast numbers are rising because of the birds' ability to produce fresh eggs and fertilizer and act as natural pesticides.

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What advice would you give first-time chick owners?

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A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting to make them think a day is 28 hours long.

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Be sure to give your baby chick some love! They need to get use to people.

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Put your 1-2 week old chick outside in warm temperatures for short periods of time, but keep an eye on them at all times.

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Common predators of backyard chickens: raccoons, red foxes, red-tailed hawks, skunks, etc.