We ordered 36 baby chicks from Ideal Poultry that arrived about July 16. Half were Plymouth Barred Rocks, and half were Rhode Island Reds. We got mostly females, with two males of each type so we could breed them next year.
We lost a few in the beginning, and sold almost half of the rest when they were four to six weeks old. They are thriving on the farm! Because we got them so late in the year, they won’t be old enough to lay eggs until mid-winter., which is usually a slow time for egg-laying. That means we won’t be getting a lot of eggs until Spring.
