Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

[Poultrybonkers]

Silkie's have black meat did you really eat her??

Yeah I know...still taste like chicken.

 

[SportTees]

So I sold 90% of my box at profit lol

 

[popsicle]

Silkie's have black meat did you really eat her??

Delicacy in some places. The meat production for black meat does not meet the demand. If you look in the meat forums, there have been people working on LF Silkies for the meat market.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Delicacy in some places.  The meat production for black meat does not meet the demand.  If you look in the meat forums, there have been people working on LF Silkies for the meat market.

I dont know why silkies are classified as bantams.....there the same size as standard hens.

 

[CGinJCMO]

Quote: By weight? Undernieth all that fluff there isn't a lot a body. We have silkies and they aren't the same size as my LF hens.

 

[Liddy]

This evening, I got my Invoice with the shipping date on it for my Hatchery Surprise - 04 May!

I tried to call and see if I can add a second box but the place closed three minutes before I called.

Now I'm trying to decide if I want to wait a month and order another then...or even order now, figuring it will arrive at least a week after the first one.

OTOH, if they ship separately and both fetch up in the distribution center outside Bangor (the way my shipped chicks did in August), do I want to drive 3 hours each way twice in a month to rescue them? Decisions, decisions.

Looks like I'll have to call tomorrow afternoon, well before they close, and discuss it with the telephone staff. A later ship date is no problem if I can get the two of them together.

As for Silkies, I believe they come in both regular size and banties. (And I have trouble accepting that there is an unmet demand for black chicken meat. The very idea skeeves me out.

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[Alex1010]

I dont know why silkies are classified as bantams.....there the same size as standard hens.

You must've seen really bad quality ones then

 

[Alex1010]

This evening, I got my Invoice with the shipping date on it for my Hatchery Surprise - 04 May! e

I tried to call and see if I can add a second box but the place closed three minutes before I called. Now I'm trying to decide if I want to wait a month and order another then...or even order now, figuring it will arrive at least a week after the first one.

OTOH, if they ship separately and both fetch up in the distribution center outside Bangor (the way my shipped chicks did in August), do I want to drive 3 hours each way twice in a month to rescue them? Decisions, decisions.

Looks like I'll have to call tomorrow afternoon, well before they close, and discuss it with the telephone staff. A later ship date is no problem if I can get the two of them together.

As for Silkies, I believe they come in both regular size and banties. (And I have trouble accepting that there is an unmet demand for black chicken meat. The very idea skeeves me out. )

There isn't a LF Silkie's but they're working on it

 

[katherineh54]

my box surprise shipped today!! it says it weighs 8lb!!

 

[SportTees]

my box surprise shipped today!! it says it weighs 8lb!!

Mine was 6 lb and I got 53 chicks!