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UPDATE: I have 10 of my reds and layers left, none of the sebrights are left from my buddies order, and none of the orloffs or ameraucanas. I just am shocked. We took basketfuls of birds out every day during the first cold spell and four or five every day til the remainder was left, it was if...

I was wondering what breeds you ordered from them this past season? After talking to a bunch of folks we either believe theres a disease on some of the stock there or theres so much inbreeding with a few breeds they are just weak--it'd be nice to find out rather than just have these issues pop...

I think the mixed breeds are the best if you can find an old farmer that has some kind of a mix of an egg breed coupled with a larger bantam, or even colored egg layer mix. We had chickens from this ole boy near Weldon Valley, Colorado years ago and you never could get rid of the chickens, they...

A friend of mine ordered through me 100 mixed Sebrights this past summer, most arrived in good shape and were looking decent until about 3 days into it when they started to die. This has continued until he has about 20 left I believe, and the ones left do not look right, crooked legs, feathering...

just as an update: Guineas from Country Hatchery, OK: 2 dead due to accidental deaths. Guineas from Ideal Hatchery: 13 dead out of 25. No explanation. One mild night down to 55 degrees and they perish.

thank you SO MUCH! What really threw me was how the entire summer everything was great, I ordered no less than FIVE TIMES from them. Then all the sudden I get these terse emails from someone and acting like I was a kid trying to get free money or ???? More than anything, it made me sad. I think...

I would REALLY like to know if anyone here has had problems with Ideal Hatchery and their customer service? I was working with someone there about a sebright order where I was having 5 to 7 birds die per DAY while my Russian Orloffs and Ameraucanas were doing fine, plus my order of OE Bantams...

I have gotten a lot of young birds in this year, and I can see how some grow faster than others, feather out, etc--so when I see that I can understand somewhat how its not market feasible to butcher all those roosters after feeding them up to what may be ten to twelve weeks depending on the...

I usually end up ordering 30 from any of the places I have gotten them. I also got ahold of Ideal a few days ago, and told them this has happened over and over again, we finally came up with the one factor in ordering from them is that it has ALWAYS been in late summer and its always been very...

we are getting to that cruddy time here in Colorado where its HOT terrible during the day and then that desert cold at night here on the Plains, so I am keeping your address nearby here and will hopefully get some next spring early summer! I will take some pics and let you critique what you see!

I've ordered guineas from Cackle, no problems. From Country Hatchery in OK, no problems. But EVERY time I order guineas from Ideal I lose half of them, or ALL of them the minute colder weather hits...even if they are full grown...why is this happening???

We had some standard cochin mixes that we let grow up a bit too long, and like someone said they were kinda...chewy....so I quit bbqing them and put them in the chicken and rice crock pot. If nothing else, I figured I could strain the meat out and use them for boillion (sp) flavor...and yep...

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! I wish I would have joined byc earlier, I just ordered 25 of these from Ideal but prefer breeders chicks to hatcheries hands down.

gorgeous birds!!!

Cackle Hatchery has something like the Happy Cackle special or like that, it has a couple ducks, a couple geese, etc. so you can get a few of everything. Also, I've ordered guineas from them year after year and they always arrive alive and live a good long time until coyote visits...(therefore...