They weren't hard to take care of as baby chicks. I just kept my eye on them to make sure that they weren't eating the pine chips, which none of them did and that they had plenty of water and food. I also gave them some probiotics their first week, which isn't hard. I just added it to their...
I got my chicks at a day old and I wouldn't change that at all. They grow so extremely fast that if you wait and get them at a month old, you'll regret not seeing them develop from little handheld bitties to actual birds. I'm looking forwrd to incubating and hatching a few of my own chicks...