Adding a Flock of Chicks to your Farm


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I feel like a seasoned veteran now that I have kept four chicken alive for almost a year! they are so spoiled and I was beyond excited to give them some more 'friends' this spring.

What I thought was going to only be a few more chickens turned into 25. The plan is to integrate this batch of chicks into our future farm dreams. Farming is an expensive hobby, but there are ways to at least break even, if not make a little extra cash here and there.

#1 way - Selling Chicks

 #2 way- Selling Eggs

 Finding a Dual-Purpose breed Chicken is ideal if you want two forms of income. I ended up with three different breeds, named as pictured; Ameraucanas, Rhode Island Reds (RIRs), and Silver Laced Wyandotte. I love watching them change as they grow up so quickly. Their vibrant feathers are already coming through and I am betting on a few roosters in the bunch when breeding season rolls around next winter. I'm also looking forward to a lot of colorful eggs, as the Ameraucanas are Blue egg layers!!

All they need as chicks are, food, a food and waterer, a heat lamp and light bulb, and some bedding. You will also need a place to put them, which can be anything from a kids old pack-n-play, to a simple, but large, Tupperware container. Not recommended, but we keep them in the spare room of our house, in a repurposed patio storage bin...because that's just how we roll on this homestead. I put just a little drop of ACV in their water which helps with pasty butt and their overall health. No causalities as of right now!

I will be posting a DIY chicken tractor on here in the future. Edward has already started on one of them and they are such a simple, yet efficient home for these sweet new farm members to move into in the next couple of weeks!

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