- Mar 18, 2012
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More Advice needed re my two broodies that need chicks
So I have found a CL clutch due to hatch on friday. If I were to go there I would buy 2 of her CL pullets and 4 or so other chicks from the feed store. I would prefer to not go the feed store route but I want 3 or 4 chicks per broody and at 25.00 each 2 CCL pullets are all I choose to afford...Where I live it will be hard to resell them for what they will be worth when they are older..
I have also found a woman in Ft Bragg who has Blue Isbars and some Isbar mixes but those babies are already 5 and 6 days old. Philosophically I would rather go with her but I am worried that the chics will be too old to successfully graft them . I might not pick them up for another 3 days.
I can't do both in one weekend. For one set I travel South and for the other North West. Both trips between 1.5 and 2 hours one way.
I am leaning toward the younger chicks because CL are on my list to add this year and Isbar are not also because they will be more likely to graft successfully which is the entire point of getting chicks in the first place.
So I have found a CL clutch due to hatch on friday. If I were to go there I would buy 2 of her CL pullets and 4 or so other chicks from the feed store. I would prefer to not go the feed store route but I want 3 or 4 chicks per broody and at 25.00 each 2 CCL pullets are all I choose to afford...Where I live it will be hard to resell them for what they will be worth when they are older..
I have also found a woman in Ft Bragg who has Blue Isbars and some Isbar mixes but those babies are already 5 and 6 days old. Philosophically I would rather go with her but I am worried that the chics will be too old to successfully graft them . I might not pick them up for another 3 days.
I can't do both in one weekend. For one set I travel South and for the other North West. Both trips between 1.5 and 2 hours one way.
I am leaning toward the younger chicks because CL are on my list to add this year and Isbar are not also because they will be more likely to graft successfully which is the entire point of getting chicks in the first place.