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iriesisnfa

iriesisnfa

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Apr 9, 2011
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Hello Back Yard Chickens Forum.... I am new to the world of chickens and could use some help.
I am a stay at home mommy of 2 beautiful twin boys and we live on the eastern shore of Maryland. I recently decided that I would like to have a small home flock of chickens. I think that it would be nice for my boys to grown up learning about respecting and caring for animals. I have been doing some homework before jumping in and even attended a short course a few nights ago on small flocks held by the area extension office. I want to do this right from the beginning. I have a few eggs in an incubator and they are due to hatch next Friday. I got the eggs from a friend who has a small backyard flock in the area where I live. I would however like to have a few more chicks of different breeds to add to what will hopefully hatch.
I have visited some hatchery sights that I have found online like Murry McMurry and My pet chicken but after taking the short course I think that I should get my chicks from a NPIP source so as to not introduce disease.
So, my question to you is, how do I find chicks that are NPIP? I have tried to find breeders or hatcheries online but have not really come up with much.
Thanks so much,
Debbie
 
There are a few on here. You might want to edit your title to say "Looking for NPIP breeder" That will catch their eye.

As for getting diseases, hatchery babies may not be breed-perfect, but they are fresh-from-the-egg, and thus, disease free...at least I've never had a problem.

WELCOME to BYC. You are gonna LOVE it here. This forum is almost as addictive as chicken-keeping. Beware chicken math. Before you know it, you will have twice the birds you planned and be adding onto the coop!
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Go to the "social" section, click on "where am I where are you", go to the Eastern Shore/Delmarva, or Maryland threads.
 
Welcome! You live where I would love to live & have actually looked into quite a bit lately! Lucky you! When they hatch they are disease free, I too looked into it a lot before purchasing my beautiful silkies although I am not doing any other breeds I thought maybe that would help! I am learning so much on this site! WELCOME!

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