We bought some straight run chicks from a man who had a little family owned flock. We picked them ourselves at 3 and 4 weeks old. They are now between 4 and 5.5 weeks old. They're mostly mutts (parents are standards, but these are all crosses other than the RIRs as far as we know). We didn't...
I'm new to BYC and chicken ownership, and I'm excited and obsessed. I'm a lizard biologist, but I told my boyfriend I'm more excited to get my chicks tomorrow than I would be to bring home an iguana!