New Hatchery Order for the 2023 brood. Am trying a different hatchery that is certified as NPIP. I ordered 50 all at once instead of the 20 to 25 that I typically order twice per year. The price of chicks went up again, and of course, shipping costs went up too. Hoping to make this a more cost effective process. We have two brooders, and we can pull the pen into the garage if necessary. Going to go ahead and order my feed now so that I can write it off for this year and save a bit of money since feed prices keep going up. So, essentially, I'll need close to 300# of chick feed to get a brood of 50 girls started! Will get our meat birds around Easter time, and then, we'll be done with the baby chick process much sooner in the year.
