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The first time we got day old chicks we followed the conventional advice, had a heat lamp and very slowly decreased the heat over 6 weeks, fed chick starter, moved them outside after fully feathered at 6 weeks. Three years later, we're starting a new batch of 8 chicks for egg laying. In the...

Just signed up after reading BYC threads on breeds and foraging. We've had chickens for 13 years but want now to begin breeding our own chicks. At first we had donated chickens (our farm is a charitable non-profit) and then bought pullets, then day-old chicks. We've had mostly Rhode Island Reds...