Just ordered my first chicken hatching eggs!

[FloorCandy]

I used to order hatching eggs when I first started, but my hatch rates were terrible. I found out latter that I could order live chicks and they would send them to my local post office for pick up. At Murray McMurray Hatchery there is free shipping for minimum 15 chicks. This worked out better for me as they all arrived alive and vaccinated.

It was much cheaper to order chicks than to fail with air displacement eggs.

I don’t bring in chicks because I have existing poultry, and I’m very paranoid about contamination. I only bring in eggs, and it seems Cornish x eggs are hard to find. You’re right tho, I’m many cases the chicks are cheaper than the eggs.

 

[CNJ]

Did any of your chicken eggs hatch?

 

[FloorCandy]

Did any of your chicken eggs hatch?

3 chickens, and 4 turkeys!

 

[FloorCandy]

The turkeys hatched today, and there are 4 from 7 or 8 eggs I think. One is kinda wobbly and I’ve raised enough chicks to recognize, he might not make it. All of them have white primary feathers popping out on their wings right from hatch, is this normal for turkeys? My chickens and quail are not like this.

Also 3/4 turkeys have rusty coloring on their heads so I think they are not pure midget whites.