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Thanks for your response. Actually the hatchery I can drive to only sells chicks and I probably can't justify the cost to have pullets shipped. So I guess I'll be raising the babies. :jumpy

What a helpful article! Thank you so much! :thumbsup

Thanks aart. I did have chickens about 15 years ago. But I bought all the chicks at the same time. This time someone gave us these eggs. Not an optimum time, but it is what it is. The chicken house is 8x8 with an outside attached run the same size. They will be free ranging however once the...

I like the idea of chicks, too. And I guess that's a good thing. I just got an email from the hatchery that they only sell day-old chicks and pullet just refers to females. Learned something new already today. :)

Thanks for your reply. Yep, I've got a plan. I'd just rather not have to put it in play. :)

Well, huh. I thought pullets referred to "older" chicks. Sorry for the confusion. I've sent an email to the hatchery to see what THEY mean by pullets. If they're sexed chicks maybe I'll order chicks for pickup in February so they'll be closer in age to the ones I hatched? I'd like to be able...

We have just hatched 5 Australorpe chicks. Not a brilliant plan to hatch in winter, but we have them. They'll stay indoors in a brooder until they're fully feathered and then we'll see how the weather is. Average low temp for this part of Idaho in March is said to be about 23F. We have a new...