Chicks should be at the feed stores soon.

My flock started with ten gold sex links from the feed store. I hatched some RIR red eggs bout her last spring and added seven black sex links and 5 california whites to round the flock out at 28. I have yet to lose a bird. They winter over well and the 2 year olds will become chicken and biscuts around June.

I just put 13 Mixed eggs in the bator to test run. Teh resulting birds will be from healthy and prodigious layers of big brown eggs. While I am sure that they won't be true to breed, they should be pretty decent birds. I will be buy some layers and 2 sets of 25 meat birds this year.
 
I think we need to get an incubator in the future. But generally the chicks in the feed stores are of a decent quality, from what I've seen around here at any rate. The place we go to will be getting their lot near the end of February.
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I know for sure they have the wyandottes...but I need to speak with the owner again, she said they'll have quite a mixed bag this spring. It'll be interesting to see what else is in.
 
March... I can deal with March... maybe February if I do the bathroom broody thing... PHEW!

I don't think they could pull a 10 chick minimum here, leastways not for folks in my town, because most houses here would fall into the 1/4 acre or less thus cannot have more than four hens rule. That IS a bit odd though, what if they don't have 10?
 
I was thinking about this the other day...I thought well I will just keep letting hubby get the feed then I replayed all of the animals in my head that he always brings home...dogs, cats, fish, turtles, our first chickens..I swear he is worse then a kid.
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Might be better if I start going now.
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I should just keep the brooder stuff in an easy spot to get to.
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Oh i can't wait...I always get a few to add to my hatched chicks. Can't resist them. This year the kids are begging me for ducks too. They want to take showers with them. LOL
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Oh no! Another temptation.

TSC gets them around here but not until March or April. And you have to get there really early because they go like hotcakes!
 

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