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Chicks may not be available in the stores, but they should still be available from Craigslist and from the hatcheries. I like Ideal Poultry, which has a dollar-amount minimum rather than a number of chicks minimum, reasonable small-order fees, and which is in Texas so their breeding flocks are...

It has been blistering hot here for sure. :( I'd suggest not adding until you get your coop fully in operation, but late summer/early fall isn't a bad time to be adding chicks in our climate. From late June to early September is not a really good time because of the heat.

It takes 21 days in the incubator. How hard it is depends on how good the incubator is and how lucky you are. What part of NC?

Yes, once they are all laying they will be more willing to associate with each other. That's a definite maybe. *Sometimes* roosters will get along -- I have a senior and a junior right now who are getting on well. But there are no guarantees and it could change in an instant. It's less...