Chicks poke their heads up from a cardboard box in the Farm Store in Chehalis on Thursday as they prepare to be taken home. The customer who bought the chicks showed a picture of his backyard flock’s eggs in various colors, saying buying new chicks was “addictive.” The Chick Days sale at the Farm Store, located at 561 W. Main St. in Chehalis, continues through Saturday, March 4.
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Chicks peek out from the cardboard box that will carry them home from the Farm Store in Chehalis on Thursday. The store’s annual “Chick Days” sale lasts until March 4 and includes special deals on all the equipment needed to raise baby chicks.
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Chicks cuddle together under a heat lamp for warmth inside the Farm Store on Thursday.
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Chicks convene for an important meeting under a heat lamp in the Farm Store on Thursday.
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Chicks poke their heads from a box and look around the Farm Store on Thursday in Chehalis.
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Days-old chicks examine the world around them as they peek from the top of a box in the Farm Store on Thursday.
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Chicks in the Farm Store on Thursday drink probiotic water to prevent health complications.
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Chicks stand under a heat lamp for warmth inside the Farm Store on Thursday.
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Chicks run around “brooders” in the Farm Store on Thursday. In the brooder, a red heat lamp mimics the warmth they’d feel from a mother hen. Lamps are red in order to prevent pecking from companion chicks if one of the birds should bleed.
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Fluffy baby chicks cuddle together at the Farm Store on Thursday in Chehalis.
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Just days old, chicks in the Farm Store on Thursday examine the world around them.
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