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Live Peeps: Can You Handle Them?

By: Rodale Jun 6th 2012 9:10AM

With summer right around the corner, you may be thinking, "This is the perfect time to try raising baby chicks!" And it really could be. But before you jump headfirst into the wonderful world of raising chickens, you need to ask yourself a few questions to make sure you fit the bill of a chicken whisperer. And while some chicken experts have gauged the difficulty of raising backyard egg-laying hens of somewhere between raising a cat and a dog, baby chicks are a bit of a different story and require some additional TLC. "Chickens, and especially chicks, need to be checked every day--twice a day would be better--to make sure they have feed and water and are safe," explains Gail Damerow, author ...

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