![]() But if you buy started pullets from us, you’ll get a several month head start. If you start with chicks, you’re looking at 5 to 7 months before seeing eggs from your flock. ![]() White Leghorns, Black Stars and Red Stars (aka ISA Browns or Red Comets) are ready to start laying at about 22 weeks. Normal heritage breeds take 26-28 weeks before they start to lay eggs. (Watering them by hand on arrival teaches them where to find water.) Brooding requires a heat source, so if electricity is not an option or is limited, brooding will be difficult. Day old chicks need to be given water by hand quickly when they first arrive because they may have been without food and water for more than 72 hours. In the first several weeks, some weak chicks expire, so there is the infant mortality to deal with. The heat has to be right – not too hot or too cold for the chicks – and the requirements change almost daily. ![]() While we’ve successfully brought over 50,000 chicks from day old to past the brooder stage, brooding day old chicks can be a bit of a hassle, and it takes some experience to get right. Here’s a list of advantages, most of which we’ve discussed previously, above: While day old chicks are a viable option for many people, for others, buying started chickens has some distinct advantages.
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