Raising chicks is infinitely easier than incubating eggs, but there is still much more to it than just plopping them in a coop. They need a toasty-warm mini-coop – a brooder – to nurture them into ...

Use this guide created to learn the ins and outs of feeding, watering, brooder heat, and bedding for your first chicks. Deciding to keep chickens is an important step for most people interested in ...

If you’d like to get started raising baby chicks, here’s everything you need to know about baby chick supplies, bedding for ...

One of the hottest commodities right now is chickens. If you talk to the feed stores in the county, baby chicks are going faster than normal. Most hatcheries are booked out until summer, so this is a ...

On a small homestead, the most expensive mistake with spring chicks is not a fancy feeder or the wrong breed, it is bringing fragile birds into a space that is not ready for them. When you prepare ...