Back in October, I was working at my desk when the phone rang. "Your order arrived. And the box is making a lot of noise," he said. "You better get over here." I hopped into the car, rushed to the ...

ATLANTA - Those cute mail-order chicks that wind up in children's Easter baskets and backyard farms have been linked to more than 300 cases of salmonella in the U.S., mostly in youngsters, since 2004.

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Our correspondent decided to set up a chicken coop. The chicks grew into hens — and then one day, they made this strange and mysterious sound. I got 15 mail-order chicks. They ended up changing my ...