Post pics of stock from Ideal Poultry please !!

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

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What did you order ??

 

[KDailey]

I ordered 20 total chicks.

4 Buff Orpington pullets
1 Buff Orpington roo
5 Assorted Silkies
5 Assorted d'Uccle bantums
5 Assorted Cochin bantums

When I got them home I realized I only had 19 chicks. After closer inspection, I'm missing 1 silkie. It was supposed to be an assortment but they all look to be the same color to me, white, although a few kinda look slightly darker than the others

One chick is very lethargic and I'm trying to get him to eat and drink. We'll see how that goes.

One has an injured leg, or it may be sprattle-leg. I'm hoping it can be fixed by tying his legs together so they're in a more natural position and straighten out. Other than his leg he seems ok so I'm really hoping he'll pull through. He's a really pretty dark red/chocolate color with the chipmunk stripes on his back. Total sweetie too.

I called Ideal and told them about the missing chick and the lethargic one and they refunded for both.

All the other chicks are totally energetic and seem super happy so I'd happily order from them again.

I took pictures, it's just a matter of getting them uploaded now. Our internet is SUPER slow so uploading 20 pictures is going to take a LONG time.

 

[Blue]

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Bantam Cochins are adorable. I have 1 hen that I bought as a chick from someone last year.

Some of the silkies with the darker could be splash.

 

[KDailey]

OMG I hope so! I'd love to have some spash!

Do the cochin chicks have the chipmunk stripes in different colors? I've got two that are grey bodied, black heads and have black chipmunk stripes. One is dark red with dark brown chipmunk stripes. And I have two that are pale yellow with dark yellow chipmunk stripes.

 

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

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WE WANT PICTURES !!

 

[Blue]

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I don't know about the chipmunk stripes on cochins, but I had a brown chipmunk striped OEGB chick that turned out to be spangled. Maybe they're some kind of laced pattern or maybe mottled.

 

[bantamsrmyfav]

I hope it's ok if I post close to 30 pictures..

These chickens are from 2 bantam specials from May and a surprise special pullet order from June 1. Although they were supposed to be all pullets, I did get 2 roos in the 25 chick order.

Gold Sebright roo hatched May 11, 2011 (hopefully going to a new home tomorrow)

Black Star standard hen hatched June 1, 2011 (hopefully going to a new home with my black langshan tomorrow)

White laced Red cornish bantam Roo hatched May 18, 2011 (rehoming tomorrow)

My Silver pencilled cohin roo, red polish, EE, all hatched June 2010 except for the porcelain d'Uccle hen in the back (she is from May 18, 2011)

Another picture of the gold Sebright roo

Black Langshan roo and Black Star hen, both hatched June 1

Black star hen

Buff OEGB roo hatched May 18, rehoming tomorrow

Same handsome Buff OEGB roo

Gold laced Wyandotte and Partridge Cochin hens, both hatched June 1 and the partridge is going to a new home with a roo

These guys are also going tomorrow except the gold laced cochin bantam roo and gold laced wyandotte

Brown leghorn hen June 1 hatch, I have 2 and keeping one

Gold laced bantam Cochin roo hatched May 18, 2011

Gold laced Wyandotte hen

Fawn silver OEGB hen hatched May 18, 2011

Blue red OEGB and Buttercup patterned OEGB hens..hate to part with them but I am rehoming them with extra roos I have

Same buttercup patterned OEGB hen from above

Sweet Black Langshan roo hatched June 1

Partridge cochin hen, I have 2 and keeping the smaller of the two

Black star, partridge cochin, brown leghorn, and blue wheaton OEGB (I think)

White Crested duck hatched June 17, 2010 (not from Ideal) and Red Polish hen hatched in June 2010 (From Ideal)

Brown leghorn from the June 1 hatch

pretty Blue mottled OEGB but Ideal doesn't carry blue mottled so I am thinking maybe she is a pearl..

Gold Sebright and WLR cornish bantam roos

White Laced Red cornish banty roo May 18, 2011

My favorite, most friendly hen I think she is a blue wheaton OEGB

Group shot

My chi pup Cookie that we adopted last month from a shelter hatched circa february

 

[bantamsrmyfav]

forgot to add this hen, I think she is a Delaware.

 

[bantamsrmyfav]

where oh where are my fellow chicken lovers, where oh where can they beeee?

i've spent hours and hours posting pics of feathered flowers (and a chi) for only (as it turns out) me to seee?

sigh..

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[laceynoelle]

Those are so cute!! I love Ideal's birds, esp. the oegbs. :] I want to post pics of my birds, but I think Im gonna wait for them to finish molting.