Yup, no one is selling chicks this early in the year, sadly. I think it's a great idea to hatch a couple yourself. My Lucky find, White Sussex eggs went into the incubator today. I really didn't want to hatch this early, but I couldn't pass up on the fresh fertilised eggs, so close to me that I...
Ah it is so sweet! I had a single chick hatch once. It was a very active fellow. I had two very young chickens at the time, and it kinda thought it was it's parents, so it was happy enough hanging with them.
I was terrified of having eggs shipped, but no one in my area had eggs to sell from the breed I wanted, so I was doomed to ship. Luckily at the last minute I found someone through FB who was only 40 minutes away. Couldn't believe my luck. Saved me the grief and heartbreak of scrambled eggs. What...