HELP! need companions for lone baby chick

[jirons]

This is our first attempt at raising backyard chickens. We ordered 5 baby chicks that were hatched on Mon Dec 16. They arrived Wednesday Morning at 6 am. We were excited to open the package, only to find that only one of the 5 survived the trip.

We are now raising a lone baby chick, and are trying to find at least one companion for her.
Does anyone have, or know someone who has female chicks around the same age ( 3 days at the time of this writing 12-19-13) in New Jersey, or eastern Pennsylvania?
I am in the Manahawkin N.J. area (close to Long Beach Island)
We have some time off around Christmas and don't mind a day trip to go pick them up.

 

[my sunwolf]

Where did you order the chicks from? The hatchery should be able to replace your order and send you more chicks. In the meantime, I would place a mirror and a stuffed animal in the brooder to help your baby not feel so alone!

For local chicks, you could try posting a wanted ad in the Buy Sell Trade forum, or try the Where am I? forum.

Good luck!

 

[jirons]

Thank you for your reply
I bought them through mypetchicken.com They are standing by their chicks and offered replacements, however, they now have a minimum of 15 chicks to ship until the spring, because of the recent cold weather.
I don't want to wait that long, and I don't want 15 chickens either!
We did the stuffed animal and the mirror too, thank you for that!

 

[theawesomechick]

She is such a cutie! Try the Buy-Sell-Trade forum or go on Craigslist, and you should find some choices.

 

[Mahlzeit]

Might be a tough time of year to find young chicks. Most people tend to hatch in spring. Hopefully someone nearby will have some chicks.

 

[PineShavings]

Usually, the hatcheries will refund or send replacement chicks. The ones I've ordered from are really good at that. You can do the mirror trick or go to a Feed store and see if they have any. Right now there's chicks being sold for 2-4$ at my feed store.

 

[luvmypets]

I have chicks coming on the tenth.

 

[Mahlzeit]

Good news!

 

[luvmypets]

Yep

 

[gander007]

Oh that is so sad

have you called the shipper to see if
they will replace them ????
I have plenty for you as mine were hatched on the 11 12 13
but you are on the other side of the states

....
Yes put in a little mirror for her to look in to ....

If you ever order chicks again in the winter ask for a heating
pad it is worth the 5 dollars ......... And on small orders I do
not understand why the seller did not demand you get one ...

And also

always nice to see a new chicken
farmer on here

....

Try to enjoy you Christmas ......



gander007