hatching eggs soon

buying point of lay is a lot better or buy day/week old colour sexed chicks this way you will get hens and not cockerels. I have recently had to cull 14 cockerels that hatched last year as they are very difficult to rehome (I did manage to rehome 6 but that was all  ).

Have a look here:

http://www.poultry.allotment-garden.org/poultry-suppliers/hen-for-sale-Hampshire.php

Hey yeah i would advise hatching you rown its great fun, etc. However you may get stuck with lots of males and sometimes hatching eggs can go wrong so i would probably buy some day olds or young birds and rear them that way. To ensure females only buy autosexing breeds.

most small breeders don't vaccinate their hens, the reason being is that the vaccine comes in doses of 500 or 1000 so not really an option.

I like most people here have never got any infections from my eggs.  Your housekeeping goes a long way to preventing illnesses in your chooks, keep them nice, clean and healthy and they will reard you with the most tasty eggs you have ever eaten!

Like Joyfull says, vaccines come in large doses, not really viable for small breeders.  I did have a go at vaccinating my chicks once, but my customers weren't really bothered, and some people have lost chickens to illnesses even though they have been vaccinated.