If you buy sexed chicks directly from a hatchery, your chances of receiving a pullet or pullets are about 90-95%. There is always a small chance that a chick may have been sexed wrong, and you may ...

Depending on the breed of your chicks, there are four ways to separate cockerels from pullets; learn how to sex baby chickens. Although J. Mulder and O. Wollan (January/February 1974) swear that ...

But you can order baby chickens to be shipped from a poultry hatchery through the mail, too. This is a great way to find some unusual breeds or varieties.

Baby chicks including Black Australorps, Rhode Island Reds and Buff Orpingtons huddle next to each other for warmth in their brooding pen. Kelly Rausch File photo With the rise in the price of ...