We lost one of our Ayam Cemani chicks in a weird way. He or she was stuck underneath a mama Silkie and we're trying to figure out exactl

We bought Ayam Cemani hatching eggs off of eBay to hatch them out over winter. We tried to hatch out some eggs through eBay a couple years a

Our chicks were doing so well! Almost too well... we've always lost a few chicks when they were in the brooder, but this time was going

It's now 40 days since we put the peachick eggs (round 2) under the broody Australorp hen & in the incubator (later to be moved unde

The first hatchery we ever ordered chicks from was Murrary McMurray Hatchery in Fall 2016. Now, two years later, we have the privilege of to

We got 19 chicks last week from a Heartland Hatchery chick day's event. 3 died early on, 7 of the chicks (3 turkeys, 4 chicks) went unde

After bringing home baby chicks and turkeys from Heartland Hatchery chick days... we test out our broody hens to see if they'll raise th

We don't NEED more chicks... but when Heartland Hatchery comes to our town, we just have to get some more! We went to the local farm sto

We had a fun surprise out in the coop today! We have 3 different broody hens sitting on small batches of eggs and one of the batches are sta

We took a trip to Heartland Hatchery and few days ago (see: https://youtu.be/mIIZqciha08) and came home with some new chicks and ducks. In t