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Set up a box with a small plate of Chick Crumbles (crumbled high protein Chicken food) and a shallow dish of water. You can put some hay or straw at one end to form a "nest" area. Using a 60w-75w lamp suspended over one end of the box (where the nest is) you are creating a "Brooding Box" - providing warmth and food and a safe area. Change the water and food every day and over the next few week introduce some green foods and other crumbs and scraps. Once they have about half their "hard feathers" - I start putting them outside for short stints in an enclosed cage with no bottom to allow them scratch and learn about the big outdoors. (You can use a bird cage with the bottom tray removed for this initially - put a brick on top to stop it being knocked over!) As their hard feather develop, so does their palate and you can start giving them other foods such as wheat and grains to try. By about 8 weeks of age you can probably put them in with "big" chooks - but keep an eye on them as they are probably bonded to you and may prefer to hang out with their human parent!

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