Poultry Hollow Hatchery Experience and Poultry Hollow Hatchery Chick "Growth Chart" (PIC HEAVY) - Page 6

I'm in the Nashville area & have heard horrible things about Poulty Hollow from folks who have gone out there. I bought my chicks from Doug & Tracie @ The Poultry House in Franklin. It's bio secure certified so you can't go there but they will deliver or you can pick up in Triune. Several people I know have had great experiences with them, us included. Their chicks seem to be healthy. Doug does presentations on raising & seems to be extremely knowledgable & cares. That goes a long way with me! I know its hard but let your money do the talking next time. If so many people have had bad experiences with Poultry Hollow, you'd think the owners would take notice instead of being irate & defensive. With the current urban chicken craze, people are really starting to network & talk.

O I love your cream EE! I just got 6 and the roo looks just like it! the girls look like your brown/striped one... do you have any pictures of them now? I would LOVE to see what their feathers looked like!

I would love to see the pics of your Spitzhaubens!

You EE #1 looks a lot like mine! They may be sisters because I got her from Poultry Hollow in February. Here is a picture of my Charlotte cooling her belly in my garden...she is one of my favorites - her personality & her coloring (it's laced)! I can't wait to see what her egg color is

I want to also say that overall I enjoyed my experiences at Poultry Hollow. I have been twice this year and spoke to them on the phone several times. I found them very helpful. I chose their farm because I could go there and pick from many different breeds & get sexed chicks. I enjoyed walking around and seeing the different types and I even tossed my list once I got there and they helped me pick out "more interesting" chickens...and I am so glad I did that! I was brand new to chickens and I had no idea there were so many different breeds. I could only get 6 and I wanted 6 different breeds. Yes, there was an odor...most farms do have one. This is mainly from the manure compost pile over to the side (near the creek). I do wish it smelled better...I have a killer sense of smell and actually dabbed peppermint oil under my nose on the 2nd trip. I bought 5 chicks from them and all are beautiful and doing well 3 months later...my Speckled Sussex has turned out to be a cockerel, but it happens everywhere. SS are hard to sex. I took my young boys on my first visit and they had a blast seeing the animals! And Miss Judy was very good with them. Before I drove 1 hour to their farm I called and made sure it was a good time. I also called 30 minutes out to let them know we were close...there was never any problems. There were other options for me (I know of even more options now that I am more familiar with chickens and BYC has helped), but I found they worked best for me and my family's schedule & needs at the time.

 

They are not for everyone and their specific needs, but I do not regret buying from them. I wanted to buy locally to avoid shipping (I've seen the videos on youtube of hatchery chicks on conveyor belts and I didn't want that). No place is perfect...especially with that many chicks. Just wanted to give my good experience to balance the scales, so to speak.
 

 

Well if anything you just backed up the OP's story. I'll never buy anything from you just based on that little hot headed rant. A professional would have kept their opinion to them self here and tried to make it right for the OP. I'm no "experty" but I've seen enough chicks now to think those ones look a bit sickly.

 x2, you read my mind!!!!  Scarily unprofessional.  Oh well, capitalism works in the long run.