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What hatchery do you order from?

post #1 of 37
7/25/12 at 9:12am
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For egg layers i order from mcmurray. What about you?

frow.gif I'm Lucas Michael Gomes. I am 30% Navajo, 35% hispanic and 35% Portugese.
>> Sacred Heart 4-H. I am a Catholic!!! <<
Chicks are only Available for Pick-up until May, then i can ship

jumpy.gif Chicks: White Plymouth Rock bantams, Standard Salmon Faverolles and Standard Light Brahmas jumpy.gif
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frow.gif I'm Lucas Michael Gomes. I am 30% Navajo, 35% hispanic and 35% Portugese.
>> Sacred Heart 4-H. I am a Catholic!!! <<
Chicks are only Available for Pick-up until May, then i can ship

jumpy.gif Chicks: White Plymouth Rock bantams, Standard Salmon Faverolles and Standard Light Brahmas jumpy.gif
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post #2 of 37
7/25/12 at 10:41am

Meyer hatchery. I get all of my cornish x from MT. Healthy though.

LF brahmas in Buff and Light

Coming soon: Wheaten/blue wheaten Ameraucanas and hopefully white Leghorns

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LF brahmas in Buff and Light

Coming soon: Wheaten/blue wheaten Ameraucanas and hopefully white Leghorns

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post #3 of 37
7/27/12 at 11:46pm

healthy chicks n more.  Really good temperament from these chicks.

Liz, wife, mom to 4 boys and  "food lady" to a mix of mostly Ameraucanas & EE's with a few oddball breeds for fun. :) 

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Liz, wife, mom to 4 boys and  "food lady" to a mix of mostly Ameraucanas & EE's with a few oddball breeds for fun. :) 

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post #4 of 37
7/28/12 at 12:03am

I have been happy with mypetchicken.com.  This is for hatchery birds of course.  For a more specialized bird I have to go with private breeders.

 

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”  ~ Buddha

 

My coop building thread... http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/613051/my-new-breeding-pens-progress-pics

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“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”  ~ Buddha

 

My coop building thread... http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/613051/my-new-breeding-pens-progress-pics

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post #5 of 37
7/28/12 at 6:55am

I had good results from my order with My Pet Chicken last year.  Healthy birds, nice variety (got a special sale price, too, on a mixed assortment of females) and really fun to see what I ended up with.  Several roosters in with my supposedly all-female order, but I know that happens with all sexed chick orders....

 

Ordered from Purely Poultry once, and wasn't able to get most of the breeds I'd ordered due to hatcheries not able to come through!?  But the man who owns it is really great with working out solutions, and I'd give them another try without fear.  If it happened twice, I'd cancel my order and go elsewhere.

 

Parker
 

Can't stop at just one species, breed, color... I'm happiest sitting in my bunny/bantam chicken pen just watching their world go round.  My Pinterest stuff: /http://pinterest.com/parkerfree/ where I show the randomness of my life and thoughts.  i  have a swap page full of good stuff: http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chickens-come-and-chickens-go-swapping-stuff

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Can't stop at just one species, breed, color... I'm happiest sitting in my bunny/bantam chicken pen just watching their world go round.  My Pinterest stuff: /http://pinterest.com/parkerfree/ where I show the randomness of my life and thoughts.  i  have a swap page full of good stuff: http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chickens-come-and-chickens-go-swapping-stuff

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post #6 of 37
7/29/12 at 10:46am

IDEAL-POULTRY!!! Ideal has great service and great healthy chicks. Our feed store orders from Ideal and we order from Ideal and I will always order from Ideal. Ideal also has their own breeding birds unlike MPC etc.

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post #7 of 37
7/30/12 at 9:25pm
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IDEAL-POULTRY!!! Ideal has great service and great healthy chicks. Our feed store orders from Ideal and we order from Ideal and I will always order from Ideal. Ideal also has their own breeding birds unlike MPC etc.


Oh!  I should have added them into my post, because when I get chicks from my feed store they come from Ideal.  Got some roosters in with their female chicks as well.  Like I said though, that seems to be really common.  I'd hate to have to sex chicks!

 

Parker

Can't stop at just one species, breed, color... I'm happiest sitting in my bunny/bantam chicken pen just watching their world go round.  My Pinterest stuff: /http://pinterest.com/parkerfree/ where I show the randomness of my life and thoughts.  i  have a swap page full of good stuff: http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chickens-come-and-chickens-go-swapping-stuff

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Can't stop at just one species, breed, color... I'm happiest sitting in my bunny/bantam chicken pen just watching their world go round.  My Pinterest stuff: /http://pinterest.com/parkerfree/ where I show the randomness of my life and thoughts.  i  have a swap page full of good stuff: http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chickens-come-and-chickens-go-swapping-stuff

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post #8 of 37
7/31/12 at 9:44am

I have only ordered from two hatcheries ever. Ideal, this year and E-Fowl two years ago. I do not plan on ordering from a hatchery again.

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post #9 of 37
7/31/12 at 9:47am

For hatchery birds, I picked up 12 Silver Spangled Hamburgs at Meyer in Polk, Ohio and we still have every single bird over 8 weeks later. Very hardy chicks. We also got a free kitten while we were there.

 

I also get turkeys and some Barred rocks from Eagle Nest Poultry in Oceola, Ohio. I would highly recommend them for folks interested in meat birds, dependable egg layers, and 4H projects. They are a no-frills operation, but their birds are excellent.

Raising America's premiere dual-purpose chicken created and perfected in the Buckeye state - Buckeyes.

Also raising Regal red turkeys.

 

http://www.americanbuckeyeclub.org/

http://www.americanbuckeyeclub.blogspot.com/

 

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Raising America's premiere dual-purpose chicken created and perfected in the Buckeye state - Buckeyes.

Also raising Regal red turkeys.

 

http://www.americanbuckeyeclub.org/

http://www.americanbuckeyeclub.blogspot.com/

 

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post #10 of 37
7/31/12 at 9:54am

All my egg layers have come from either Meyer or McMurray.

My flock: White Leghorns, Blue Silkies, Sex Link, Splash Silkie, Brown Leghorn, Anconas, Mallard ducks, Delawares, Silver Leghorns, Lakenvelders, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Patridge Cochin, Golden Sebrights...42 & counting! 

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My flock: White Leghorns, Blue Silkies, Sex Link, Splash Silkie, Brown Leghorn, Anconas, Mallard ducks, Delawares, Silver Leghorns, Lakenvelders, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Patridge Cochin, Golden Sebrights...42 & counting! 

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