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Hi Kim and welcome to BYC - great that you have joined us.

These links may be interesting:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...first-60-days-of-raising-baby-chickens.47691/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/hatching-eggs-raising-chickens.22/

Any questions that you may have regarding your chicks will be best posted here - http://www.backyardchickens.com/f/11/raising-baby-chicks

More generally, here’s a link to the Articles section - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ There you’ll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping chickens - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs.

There’s a link on the page above to the Learning Centre - it’s a great resource. If you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive

You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/270925/find-your-states-thread#post_3239224

All the best

Pork Pie
 
With my baby chicks all I need for them to be happy and healthy is a heat lamp (I use infared so that their sleeping isn't interrupted as much) some chick starter from my local produce, i find that they like the really tiny pellet starter opposed to the mash and a water dish (i use an old dessert bowl because its heavy and they cant tip it over when they jump all over it).

I used to keep them in a storage container until my partner built me an awesome brooding box. I clean them every 2nd day when their very young (under 2 weeks) and daily after that. They like hay for bedding and love to get out on the lawn to peck and scratch around under supervision and in a secure pen.

Happy chick raising!!!
 

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