‘Tis the season! And, no it’s not a national holiday like Christmas, but it might as well be. It’s chick season!
Read MoreDo chickens need heat in winter? Only the babies, and only for a short time. But how long do chicks need a heat lamp?
Read MoreDo chickens have tonsils? Can chickens get rabies? How do ducks mate? Do questions about these facts about chickens ever keep you up awake at night?
Read MoreWhy on earth would anyone bother hatching eggs in an incubator when it’s so much easier to let a broody hen do all the work?
Read MoreWhether at the feed store choosing day-old chicks or hatching our own, all of us would probably enjoy knowing how to tell the sex of baby chicks to determine which are cockerels and which are pullets as soon as possible. Over the past 100 years there have been many methods developed for how to tell the sex of baby chicks; some methods proved haphazard, some have proven quite effective.
Read MoreAfter figuring out which chicken breeds will best suit your family or farm, you need to decide where to buy baby chicks.
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