i wanna adopt a baby chick/egg, where should i go what should i do?

Answer 1

Do you want to experience the joy of hatching out an egg, or do you just want a baby chick?

Tractor Supplies sell incubators and you will need fertile eggs. The eggs in the store are all infertile, so don't even waste your time trying to hatch them.
Go to a farmers market and see who is selling farm fresh eggs. Tell them that you want to hatch out eggs, and who knows, maybe they will have a setting hen to sell you, so she can do all of the work.

If not, and you can't afford $40 for a Styrofoam incubator, you can make your own incubator.
You will need a Styrofoam cooler which costs about $2, a couple of foil cake pans to hold water, some hardware cloth to put above the pans of water so the eggs can be placed on it, a thermometer, and a small light bulb.

Make a couple of small holes on the bottom of the cooler so air can circulate. Place the pans on the bottom of the cooler. Cut the hardware cloth to fit in the cooler, just above the pans of water. You will need heat in the form of a light bulb, maybe about a 25 watt. The goal is to keep the inside of the incubator about 101. Never go above 103 or the heat will kill the embryos. The thermometer will go on top of the eggs. Remember that the top of the eggs will be warmer then the wire level. Cut a small hole in the side near the top of the cooler, so you can push the plug of the light through the wall. Duct tape the wire to the side of the wall so the light won't fall down or touch the wall itself.

You will need 2 small holes, about the size of dimes on the lid. Cover the holes with tape, until the last 3 days before the chicks will hatch. They need more oxygen then. Place the homemade incubator in a basement where the temperature stays constant, plus it might be damper down there too.
Run the incubator for a couple of days, so you can see what size light bulb you will need to use to keep it at 101 degrees.

Add your eggs, and mark one side with the date, so you can turn them 3 times a day. It takes 21 days for a chicken to hatch.

In one week candle your eggs to see if they are ok. You will see blood vessels starting and maybe a dark spot where the heart is starting to beat.

Sometimes you can go to a livestock auction where they will have hundred of animals for sale.

When you do find the chicks that you want, always try to get at least 3, in case one should die. Chickens flock together, and one lonesome chick might peep itself to death.

If you lived near me in Michigan, I would give you a couple of chicks.

Have fun and good luck.

Answer 2

I don't know where you could adopt them, but you can buy them in many places for a dollar or so. Try http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/index.html or http://www.welphatchery.com/
They are by no means indoor pets. They can also be very smelly and maybe cities do not allow you to keep them inside city limits.

Also, eggs you buy in the store are unfertilized, so you would never get a chicken.

Answer 3

http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com

Get a whole batch of 25 and have a good time!

They have all the instructions there someplace. Or you can go to the library and get a book on poultry raising.

Answer 4

to a farm.. they'll give em to you for free.. but itll be better if u get chicks.. cause eggs need alot of takin care of..

Answer 5

Go to the grocery store, they sell them by the dozen.

Answer 6

find the chicken and take the egg

Answer 7

Don't. They are messy and are not affectionate and unless you live on a farm it's not be a bed of roses for them either.

Answer 8

Try going to Pet-smart.

Answer 9

the store