Thanks to everyone for the welcome.
Even with all of the prior experience, I still had 3 chicks die on me, one within an hour of the store. I am guessing bad chicks. The workers don't care and it is easier to grab the weak ones I guess.
My next gig is to incubate, so lets see how that goes...
The internet is AWESOME!!! Years ago I learned about chickens the old fashioned way, I bought them and the weak ones died. The rest made it because someone at the feed store could answer questions or the library had a book that explained it all...
Now, I look online and there is a thread with...