Our backyard barnyard experiment is now underway. We picked up 11 little chicks yesterday afternoon from our local farmer friend. They are all a full 24 hours old and seem to be doing just fine. I’m not too sure what breeds we will be raising, but I do know that we will be having bantam (miniature) birds. They should get to be around 4 pounds max - fluff and all. They are living on our sun porch in a huge box with food, water and a little heat from a pair of lamps. Everyone is very excited by the new additions to our family. For now

they are eating a basic starter feed from the hardware store. Once they get a little bigger, and quite honestly as soon as I finish the coop and run, they will move outside to eat from our yard as well as the supplemental store feed. I’ll keep you posted on their progress.

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