If you’d like to get started raising baby chicks, here’s everything you need to know about baby chick supplies, bedding for baby chicks, a chicken feeding guide, and care tips.

Chickens are relatively inexpensive to care for and one of their favorite treats is eating bugs (free pest control!) Their waste also makes fertilizer that is great for your garden.

Yinuo Shi writes about Jonathan Pickett’s short documentary “Chicken Stories,” in which a group of startup farmers and friends learn how to care for farm animals.