I have acquired chicks many different ways throughout the years.  My favorite ways are to hatch your own or order chicks online.  Baby chicks are fragile.  If they don’t get proper care asap after hatching they may not survive. It’s also important for most backyard chicken keepers to get sexed chicks.  Meaning, all females.  Acquiring Baby Chicks: Feed store/Hardware store.  This is my least favorite way.  The chicks at feed stores are sometimes up to a week or two old when you buy them.  You have no idea how they have been treated or what they’ve eaten.  They are often mislabeled and you really don’t know at all what breed…