Yelm Feed & Pet was supposed to get chicks on Friday but they got held up at the PO === Del's Farm Supply website shows their Chick Days start March 2 ...
I can NOT get any chicks this season because DH wants to do some traveling and we don't have anyone to care for chicks if we are gone; plus we have huge amounts of predators, being in the river valley with a lot of wild land around ... eagles, hawks, bobcats, coyotes, cougars, plus the feral dogs and cats ...
however I am in severe chick withdrawal, so hoping I can either touch base with one of the local chick nuts, or can steel myself to go LOOK at the feed store chicks but not bring any home
back on Maui, neighbor Mary put the chicks I was fostering, out in her big coop, and she says they are doing fine and just love all the extra space .... 9 feet by 5 feet by 7 feet high, in contrast to their brooding box which was 2-1/2 feet by 1-1/2 feet by 15 inches high (with a diagonal perch 6 inches off the bottom, where they spent half their day