The point I was trying to make is that you don't just toss them in a coop without setting up some sort of brooding; you'd be surprised how many people have tried just that because they read somewhere that day old chicks could go straight into the coop and didn't need a brooder.
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Just get pullets they are stronger and easier to take care of!![]()
And they lay eggs, cockerels don't.
Or are you suggesting girls that are already close to laying? Much as it is really nice to start getting eggs, I wouldn't have wanted to miss watching the 2 day old chicks grow up. So much faster than kidsplus a WHOLE lot less aggravating. And cheaper ! I could raise many, many thousand of chicks for what it will cost to put my HS senior through college.
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Bruce