Poultry Brooder

Poultry Brooder

FREE SHIPPING on all supply order totals exceeding $25.00.

Item #BE01

DELIVERY TIME WILL BE APPROX. 4 WEEKS

No shipping to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, Hawaii and Alaska.

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Salmonella in Chickens — Can Kissing a Chicken Make You Sick?

Can you get sick from kissing a chicken? Asking for a friend graphic

Chickens, and people, commonly carry Salmonella bacteria in their intestines, but don’t necessarily get sick. Chickens shed the bacteria in their poop, which — you know if you have chickens — ends up everywhere chickens go. Bacteria that enter your mouth can result in a common intestinal infection (salmonellosis). You can easily avoid this infection by not […]

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How to Water Baby Chicks

Chicks drinking water

A baby chick’s body is about 70% water. Therefore, water is the most important nutrient for a newly hatched chick. In fact, a hatchling can’t digest feed without water. So a chick should drink water even before it eats anything. Here are the ins and outs of how to water baby chicks. How long can […]

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How to Remove Mud Balls from a Chicken’s Toes and Shanks

How to Remove Mud Balls from a Chicken’s Toes and Shanks

Mud balls are dark, hard lumps clinging to a chicken’s toes and sometimes the shanks. Some mud balls consist of mostly chicken poop. Others consist mostly of mud. In either case, more poop, mud, and other debris adds to the accumulation. Before long the poor chicken is trying to walk with sizable cement-hard balls clinging […]

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A Chicken’s Egg Tooth—What Is It and What Is It For?

Photo of baby chick with egg tooth circled

A chicken’s egg tooth is a tiny horn-like projection at the tip of the upper beak of a newly hatched chick. Its purpose is to help the chick break through the shell at hatching time. Soon after the chick hatches, the egg tooth falls off. Domestic poultry and other birds share this trait in common […]

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Pioneer Broiler

Pioneer Broiler

Pioneer Broiler – Sold as Baby Chicks Only – No Sexing Available

Minimums

Not Sexed = 3

Total of 3 birds to ship

Seasonal/Shipped Feb thru September

Ships on Wednesdays only

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Melanistic Pheasant

Melanistic Pheasant
  • Melanistic Pheasant – Sold as Baby Chicks Only
  • Quantity options available are 15, 30, 45.

Seasonal/Shipped May thru June 

Limit of 45.

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