Red Bucket Farm

Spring chicks are a happy event at Red Bucket Farm. Some years we obtain chicks from a local hatchery so that we can drive over and pick the...

Our spring chicks are now eight weeks old and no longer little balls of fluff. They have grown adult feathers and spend their days outsid...

We picked up our chicks at Abendroth's Hatchery on Monday morning. The hatchery was clean, friendly and well organized. Our girls were c...

This morning we reassembled the brooder box in preparation for the arrival of day-old chicks on Monday. This is the fourth year we've ...

So you'd like to order a few backyard chicks and you don't know where to start? First, decide why you want to raise chickens. Do you...

I'm so excited! I just placed an order for spring chicks. In spite of the continuing cold weather and another visit from the polar vorte...

Ruby has just begun laying her first eggs! She is a hybrid known sometimes as Red Star, Comet, or Golden Buff. The females are veritable ...

The spring chicks at Red Bucket Farm are growing quickly. They hatched April 8 and arrived here on the farm April 10. Their earliest week...

At Red Bucket Farm, we have a small portable structure we call the day coop. This little unit is especially useful for raising chicks, ho...

The baby chicks at Red Bucket Farm are nine days old. This is a mellow flock of chicks. They eat, sleep and poop regularly and without dr...

Our shipment of spring chicks arrived at Red Bucket Farm this morning via USPS. These girls hatched late Monday or early Tuesday, and were s...

Although there is nearly a foot of snow on the ground, it's time to think about placing an order for spring chicks. Why do we mail...