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Quick question: will this new baby be ok with the older ones? Story: We got 4 feed store chicks, needed a lot of nursing back to health (post office was a day late, most didn't make it, feed store guy was upset more than 1/2 were doa) All 4 are doing great and about to be 3 weeks old. Welp...

Aloha. I'd like some more information please. I tried to email but it said your mailbox was full? I live on Kauai and im interested in hatching eggs. Mahalo

Update #1 chick number 3 is coming in barred so has me thinking barred rock. Number 4 still has me stumped, I've attached a photo, im thinking some kind of maran? What do you think?

No, we don't have TSC on kauai. I think he said chicks came from Ideal hatchery in Texas.

Yes i think he said Ideal hatchery in Texas.

Hi. We live on the island of Kauai. You'd think it wouldn't be that hard to get some baby chicks to raise in our backyard, well I was wrong. It was so difficult to find some non-feral chicks. I was calling and checking everyday this one feed store that kept promising they would arrive soon. The...

2024 now and I've heard the same problems happening. Extra day killing all the chicks. So sad.

I am also on kauai and I am having the hardest time finding anything also. 😒 i just want to raise me some baby chicks/ backyard chickens.

our 2nd egg and our first egg song!

Michelle starring in her own youtube movie...the egg shows up at the end! here is our 2nd EGG and our 1st "i laid an egg" song!

We have 3 barredrock hens...the older 2 (one of which gave us our first egg) are 27 almost 28 weeks and the "baby" is 24 almost 25 weeks old... "Baby" "Lucy" "Michelle" ...Michelle is the biggest and our first to lay!

Quote: yeah, we did the squat test yesterday for the first time and the two older girls did it, so i said this is it anyday now. i had no idea it was going to be that same day! we are so happy and heres the proud mama! Her egg is next to a "large" store bought egg...

The wait is over! No one understands (except chicken people) the excitement and pure joy of finding your FIRST EGG! We had been checking the nest box everyday a couple times a day and as usual there was nothing but disappointment. Yesterday however was completely different from the very...

The wait is over! No one understands (except chicken people) the excitement and pure joy of finding your FIRST EGG!

the two older barredrock girls are 27 weeks and we have one that is 24 weeks also...none are laying. they have a nest box but they roost on it and poop everywhere..now i feel we need to make a new nest box but i don't know where to put it. will they still lay if they don't know they are...