"Poopy Bottom" on two day old chick!

[LulaBell]

I just love Big R, it seems like the best farm store overall that I've seen. And I don't know which hatchery they contract with, but they always seem to have nicer birds than the others.

What is Big R?

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

What is Big R?

Its kinda like a Walmart that sells more farm items. You can buy guns, food, clothing, etc.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

"Bill and Pat Crabtree originated the Illinois Big R Stores in 1964 opening the first store in Watseka, Illinois. To date 20 stores have been opened in Illinois and Indiana; 2 stores in Ohio and 1 store in Wisconsin and we are still proud to be family-owned and operated.

Our 12 Illinois stores are located in Watseka, Gibson City, Danville, Tilton, Pontiac, Morris, Pekin, Washington, Rochelle, Homer Glen, Streator and McHenry. Our 8 Indiana stores are located in Warsaw, 2 locations in Elkhart, Rochester, Wabash, Crawfordsville, Michigan City, and Marion. Our 2 stores in Ohio are located in Lima and Findlay. And 1 location in Wisconsin in Burlington. The offices and warehouses for Big R remain in Watseka, IL.

Farm and Ranch store owners in the western states started the Big R brand name; they chose the name "Big R" to convey the "Ranch" identity."

Direct description from their website

 

[Mosey2003]

What is Big R?

It's a chain of farm stores. Like Rural King, Farm & Fleet, Tractor Supply Company, etc. I just love Big R in particular because they always seem to have what I want (besides feed) and they have all kinds of cool stuff like kitchen stuff and clothes and garden stuff.

 

[tripletfeb]

Thanks for the update on your chicks, OP! And I live in Ohio, will have to check out Big R, never heard of it but it sounds really interesting!