My first chick adventure.

[Carpe DiHen]

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I put a couple chicks in my pockets from a local feed store when I was about 8 years old...it was the start of an addiction.

 

[felidaet]

I only have room for 25 additional chicks this year. We have TOO many feed stores, local breeders, etc. in my area. And between them there is a huge variety of breeds available!!!

I already have 11 ordered from a local breeder and another 13 planned to purchase. Then I start looking at lists of who is going to have various breeds available around the date I am getting my chicks (early April). Uh oh.... I saw one store getting 200 Gold Comets on April 1. I would really like a couple more of these. I am sure I can make room for a couple of them. And there a couple of people selling Black Copper Marans. Maybe I could find room for one or two. A few minutes ago I noticed someone selling pure breed Aracuannas. I must have a couple of these! Wait a minute... that puts me over 30. Darn... looks like I will have to wait a year or two to get these other ones. It is going to be really difficult to keep to 25.

I am going to my primary feed store on Saturday to stock up on feed and a few other supplies before their chicks start coming in next Wednesday. I need to have enough supplies on hand to get by until the end of April so that I can avoid the feed stores.

. But how am I going to resist stopping at one of the three stores selling chicks less then 5 minutes from the office where I work??? One of them sells lots of rare and unusual breeds.