Top quality chicks, a checklist

What to expect as a customer from the hatchery? The answer should be simple; top quality chicks of either a broiler chicken breed or a commercial egg layer breed. These chicks should not be hatched in the same hatchery under any circumstances. Expert Ken Marshall shares his experience. Every hatchery says their chicks are top quality, or so they believe. You, as a customer, have to accept what you are told, and rightly so, unless you know chicks really well and even then it can be difficult. My