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Starting a chicken flock doesn't have to be limited to spring. With the right preparation, fall and winter can also be practical times to raise young chickens, as long as you manage their brooder, housing, feed, water, and environment carefully....
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If you’ve kept chickens for more than five minutes, you already know the two biggest headaches of raising a flock: wasted feed and unwanted pests. Traditional open troughs and hanging feeders are notorious for letting chickens scatter their food everywhere,...
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The single biggest factor in whether your day-old chicks thrive or struggle has nothing to do with their breed or genetics. It all comes down to what happens before they even arrive. Having a warm, dry, and safe brooder box...
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Your Cornish Cross chicks will reach processing weight in 8 weeks if you feed them correctly and prevent the three health problems that kill most meat birds. We've shipped thousands of Cornish Cross chicks from our Anderson, South Carolina hatchery...
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The best time to buy chicks depends on what you're raising them for and where you live. For layers, most backyard growers order chicks 4-6 months before they want eggs, which means orders are placed in January through March for...
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