It has gone well for many years. This year was a little unexpected, but I did my best to roll with it. I even just brooded a bunch that I am selling at 6 weeks to help cover the cost and fund our new winter run.
I usually do a group hatchery order in the spring, so the minimum order can be split up amongst a couple people. This year didn't go so well, we still got 8 of the wrong breed 😅, but I am selling the free buff brahmas, and I am excited to have a surprise cream legbar.
Yeah, it is so confusing. That is what ISA browns usually look like. Some people will use the names interchangeably. We usually call them "production reds" on here, because they have mostly the same qualities with a couple different appearances.
One of our starlight green eggers look almost identical to our golden comet, except our has white earlobes. The other looks more like an isa brown. They must have production red in their parentage.
Anything with silver and brown I would guess would be easter eggers or prairie blue bells. They...
Yeah, I have only seen teens working the chicks at our TSC. At least they are friendly, but know-how is missing. I also wonder if stuff gets mislabeled, but with what is said above, that may be the hatchery's problem.
The birds themselves are definitely the fault of the hatchery, though.
I...