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Bookmark or Share- How To Raise ChickensLocal feed stores often carry a variety of day-old chicks from February to June; Read how to hatch chicks from eggs and also the basics of incubating eggs. Learn how to make your own homemade egg incubator... or use a broody chicken to incubate eggs. Search our Buy~Sell~Trade forum for members' listings of hatching eggs or chickens for sale.
- When To Buy Chickens | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise ChickensThese are chickens in the first stage of laying eggs, usually at 4 or 5 months of age. If you do not have much time to raise chicks, but urgently need eggs, you can buy chickens at the point of lay. They are stronger than pullets and chicks and do not require special care. The eggs get bigger and bigger as the chickens get older.
- Raising Chickens 101 - Chicks, Breeds, Coops, TipsHatching Eggs & Raising Baby Chicks; Choosing Chicken Breeds; Building Chicken Coops; Feeding Your Chickens; Maintain A Healthy Flock: Protect Against Chicken Predators; Poultry Injuries, Diseases, & Cures; Laws & Local Ordinances; You can also explore the rest of our Learning Center with hundreds of "how to" articles.
- Kick the Heat Lamp: Better, Safer, and Healthier Options to Heat Your ...With MHP, the chicks more naturally acclimate (people have had chicks in the outdoor coop in freezing winter temps), they can be placed out in the coop (in a separate brooder or crate) and join into the main flock so much more easily. At 3 weeks old my chicks were mingling with the big girls with no problems whatsoever.
- Aggressive Baby Chicks and How to Stop the BehaviorSome chicks become fascinated by the down on their fellow chicks, and may obsess over “tasting” and “sampling” it to the point of causing injuries, which escalates the problem. Any injury needs to be treated immediately before cannibalism sets in, which can involve more than just the problem chick.
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