Are you thinking about keeping chickens? Is this your first time ordering day-old baby chicks? While baby chicks are cute and fluffy, it can also be stressful for first-timers. To help alleviate any fears or stress, we asked five experts for their top chick tips for new chicken owners.
Meet the Experts
From legal issues to consider before buying chicks, to brooder basics and feed, these experts offer a wealth of experience for anyone new to keeping chickens.
Tom Watkins
Tom Watkins is President of McMurrray Hatchery. Tom and his wife, Ashley, raise and keep a variety of poultry on their rural Iowa homestead.
Gail Damerow
Gail Damerow is an icon when it comes to keeping chickens. A best-selling author, Gail literally wrote the book(s) on keeping chickens.
Ann Accetta-Scott
Ann Accetta-Scott of A Farm Girl in the Making & Acorn Creek Farmstead is an author, speaker, and educator on all things homesteading.
Janet Garman
Janet Garman of Timber Creek Farm is is an author and speaker. She offers a wealth of knowledge on raising and keeping chickens.
Kathy Mormino
Known as The Chicken Chick, Kathy Shea Mormino is an author and speaker, educating backyard chicken keepers across the globe.
