Ideal Poultry!

[madgabmomma]

My mail lady delivered my chicks about an hour ago

They even threw in 3 extra cochin bantams and all are chirping and running about. I'm very happy with my experience with Ideal and I will be ordering from them again.

These are the bantams I ordered. black silkies, blue cochins, and white frizzle cochins

5 easter eggers

They sent a nice variety of colors too, they are soo cute!

 

[NorthTexaschick]

I had to enlist Hubby's help to rein me in yesterday so I wouldn't order from Ideal! If left on my own, I surely would have caved and ordered the Surprise Special SRs for .75 each! Even knowing it is too dang hot and even though I still have 10 2-wk-olds brooding in the house!

Last time I ordered that special, I tried listing what they had marked as sold out for this year so I'd have an idea of what to expect in my box. Cochins were on that list and I got 13 - yes, 13! - out of 25! I DID NOT WANT cochins! Fortunately, I was able to sell them all to one lady. (whew) So you can't go by what you see on their site.

Then I ordered when they had a sale on pullets. Ordered 25 and they sent me 39!!! OK by me b/c I have sold most of those extras as well.

 

[Mandymooligan]

I never get any extras no matter who I order from.

 

[IdealisticRoo]

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I don't either, I hear stories of a few extras here or there, but in my last 9 orders, I think the only time an extra came, it ended up not being an extra!

However, they are so cheap to begin with, I don't really mind it!

I do still hope the first time I transfer them from the cardboard shipping box into the brooder, that I will count an extra or two!

I am really looking forward to tomorrow morning! I always get up really early and go get a takeaway breakfast and sit in the post office parking lot to eat. Then I see when the morning mail truck pulls in and I am usually in the lobby of the post office when they call!

That way the littles get home and fed, watered and warm ASAP!

I am going to preheat the brooder tonight!

I love having chicks, it is an addiction!

 

[AuberyMirkwood]

I ordered 25 and 27 healthy Babies arrived Friday morning

 

[yoie]

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They are soo cute

What breeds did you get!

 

[AuberyMirkwood]

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They are soo cute

What breeds did you get!

I'm not sure yet lol but I've posted pics here for people to guess https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7106547#p7106547 I know one silkie, and I'm guessing mostly cochins.

 

[IdealisticRoo]

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They are soo cute

What breeds did you get!

I'm not sure yet lol but I've posted pics here for people to guess https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7106547#p7106547 I know one silkie, and I'm guessing mostly cochins.

I got 1 Silkie (Black:~) too! I also got a Self Blue OEGB and, also like you, a bunch of cochins!

 

[AuberyMirkwood]

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I'm not sure yet lol but I've posted pics here for people to guess https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7106547#p7106547 I know one silkie, and I'm guessing mostly cochins.

I got 1 Silkie (Black:~) too! I also got a Self Blue OEGB and, also like you, a bunch of cochins!

I got a self blue too :-D I got another blue but it's not an Old English, it has a different comb and is smaller..

 

[AuberyMirkwood]

Just noticed today that one of my black cochin chicks is a frizzle!