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Thanks very much! I've been lurking both BYC and this thread for a little while. I myself got started with chickens just last year and these are my first hatch ever. I'm hoping there will be many more.

Just my two cents, but chicks don't take much time at all and the rearing process can be the most rewarding part. More so than the first egg, even. Tractor supply is a pretty decent place to pick up peeps and if your local store is anything like mine, has workers with a good knowledge of the...

Had a blast yesterday when I saw these babies under my black sex link/ silkie cross Samantha. Gave her some chick starter and she immediately began showing the peeps how to be little chickens. They're all bantam cochin cross chicks of Samantha and her sister. Just farm yard mutts, but I couldn't...

I'd love to know more if and when you learn more on this subject, as I'm completely inexperienced with this sort of thing. I've got a hen sitting on eggs and I'm scared of messing her up so to speak.

Looking forward to seeing what everyone else's broody babies look like. I've a silkie/black sex link cross sitting on a dozen eggs and due to hatch in the next week or so. She's my first ever broody mama since I started keeping chickens last year. First hatch, too. Terribly exciting.