Chicken Breeds: Heritage Chickens, Hatching Eggs and Raising Baby Chicks

Whether it’s your first chicken or your fiftieth, choosing a chicken breed is one of the most fun parts or keeping backyard chickens. Heritage chicken breeds like the friendly Buff Orpington and the productive Rhode Island Red are popular egg laying breeds for backyard flocks.

Check out these tips from Hank Will, editor of GRIT Magazine, on finding your perfect chicken breeds and how to start them strong on Purina® poultry feed.

Topics covered include:

• 0:21: Which chicken breed is best for your backyard?
• 0:38: What are heritage chicken breeds?
• 1:06: Chicken breed spotlight: Buff Orpington
• 1:19: Chicken breed spotlight: Rhode Island Red
• 1:30: Chicken breed spotlight: Australorp
• 1:42: Chicken breed for blue eggs: Araucana
• 1:59: Where to buy baby chicks
• 2:10: How to hatch chicken eggs in an incubator

Want more tips? Visit https://www.purinamills.com/chick-days for chicken feed recommendations, guides to raising chickens and other backyard chicken resources.

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