Chicken breeds for broody hens
Natural incubation keeps a backyard flock going. The hen gets broody, the rooster does his job, she lays her eggs and sets on them, and 21 days later, she emerges with chirping chicks. A hen is broody when she insists…
Buy baby chicks or hatching eggs?
Buy baby chicks or hatching eggs? After living in Madison, Wisconsin for four years, I returned to California’s Central Coast in 2007. I hatched some eggs two years ago for baby chicks for my own backyard flock. I wanted traditional…
When My Chicks Arrived
Every now and then we like to make sure our online ordering process works exactly the way we think it does, so one of our team members, will order a few chicks to see what happens. A few weeks ago,…
From Placing an Order to Pick Up at the Post Office
“They arrive by mail?! Is that safe?” If you have never ordered chicks online before, you probably have lots of questions about how the process works, from placing your order to picking up your chicks at your local post office….
