On a small homestead, the most expensive mistake with spring chicks is not a fancy feeder or the wrong breed, it is bringing fragile birds into a space that is not ready for them. When you prepare ...

Raising chicks is infinitely easier than incubating eggs, but there is still much more to it than just plopping them in a coop. They need a toasty-warm mini-coop – a brooder – to nurture them into ...

00:05:27 When you first receive your chicks, you can use paper towels or puppy pads to line the brooder as their first bedding. You want to switch to a loose bedding after a couple of days and we’ll ...