Best place to buy chicks in central WA???

[Stephanie8806]

We are just starting, so hatching eggs isnt really a tangible option for us. Please help!

 

[joydix]

We are just starting, so hatching eggs isnt really a tangible option for us. Please help!

if you cant find the chicks (breeds) you really want you can get an incubator for not that much $. i have hatched quite a few with broody hens and bought day olds but there is NOTHING like doing it in an incubator at least once! i had never seen them actually hatching and breaking free of the egg. i read everything i could over and over all during the process. i sent in and looked at the eggs and temp ad humidity every hour i think when i was home. and close to hatch day OMG...i practically LIVED in the room they were in. Then all day watches to see them emerge and tumble out exhausted and wet and not the fluffy little chicks we are used to seeing! it was really special experience. Have done it that way maybe 4 times now. sorry i cant help with chick sources in WA

 

[Stephanie8806]

close to hatch day OMG...i practically LIVED in the room they were in. Then all day watches to see them emerge and tumble out exhausted and wet and not the fluffy little chicks we are used to seeing! it was really special experience

I definitely plan to hatch in future years! But this is our first year, we just moved to a new house and this season we’re already having to develop farm/garden areas and establish our poultry. And our baby is turning one next week. I plan to introduce hatching when he can understand right now, he understands fluffy babies