With several comments about finding it hard to obtain good quality Brabanters, has anyone purchased from Sandhill? Where have you found good quality stock? If our town changes it's regs, this is...
First, watching a runner duck run is awesome. They can find their own food. They aren't like pekins in water. Mine haven't started laying but I heard their decent.
DH and I received our first baby chicks yesterday from Efowl. 4 were dead when they arrived, one died very shortly after and I found sugar gone this morning. I named her sugar cause I stayed up most of the night trying to feed her sugar water
I am so sorry to hear this. We also ordered from efowl last year - ordered 20, got 22, and all are still with us almost a year later. I know that doesn't help you, but a lot can depend on the shipping and where they came from. efowl is just a middle man placing orders with big hatcheries. Ours came from Cackle, I believe. You can probably tell by the shipping label on the box where they came from. I would contact efowl and tell them.