Tractor supply?

[salsss]

My TSC knows my voice already. I call almost every week and ask what they have. They get them in a few times per week and the guy on the phone tells me what they have and when the next shipment is. I got 6 strong healthy RLS's last year that give me an egg a day! They usually get one "rare" breed...I remember they had Blue Andaluciens last year! I have enough chickens at home but sometimes go to look...

 

[Rainwing]

I love Tractor Supply, but it depends on each store. Some stores the employees know what they're doing, then others they have no idea. One time an employee told us that the Khaki Campbells were Pekins, and one of the tubs full of broilers was labeled as "Speckled Sussex". The best part is the Speckled Sussex sign had speckled chicks printed on it that looked nothing like the pale chicks in the tub!

I've had only a few problems with the chicks. Last year my chicks from TSC had a respiratory illness (cured with doxytetracycline, but one died), and this year my chicks are doing a lot better. There's only one chick with a problem. Its wings grow straight out to the sides instead of growing normally. I read that it'll grow out of it eventually though so I'm not too worried.

 

[Kristin228]

Thank you everyone for the advice! I ended up getting my chicks at a different local feed store yesterday morning

Here they are! 1 Ameraucana 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte 1 Buff Orpington

 

[Youtjatoor]

Thank you everyone for the advice! I ended up getting my chicks at a different local feed store yesterday morning Here they are! 1 Ameraucana 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte 1 Buff Orpington

I was gonna say yaaaay an Easter egger but then read ameraucana. A real ameraucana?

 

[Kristin228]

I was gonna say yaaaay an Easter egger but then read ameraucana. A real ameraucana?

Aren't they the same thing...?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Aren't they the same thing...?

Nope, Ameraucana are an actual breed, with standard and certain color varieties, where Easter Eggers aren't considered an actual breed, but they come in many colors, and are each an individual that lays colored eggs.

 

[Kristin228]

Nope, Ameraucana are an actual breed, with standard and certain color varieties, where Easter Eggers aren't considered an actual breed, but they come in many colors, and are each an individual that lays colored eggs.

Ohhhh lol well they are actual ameraucanas

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Ohhhh lol well they are actual ameraucanas

Ameraucana have slate colored legs, what color are yours? The tractor supply will label them as Ameraucana, but they are actually Easter eggers.

 

[TLWR]

Ohhhh lol well they are actual ameraucanas

Your feed store may order from Ideal, they list ameraucanas, but even in the description, they say easter eggers.
http://www.idealpoultry.com/item.html
One of my local stores orders from Ideal and they list them as Ameraucanas, as that's how Ideal sold them, but they aren't.

I'm not sure what hatchery, if any, sell real Ameraucanas.

 

[Kristin228]

Ameraucana have slate colored legs, what color are yours? The tractor supply will label them as Ameraucana, but they are actually Easter eggers.

I'll check when I get home

I didn't get mine at Tractor Supply so not sure then

They got the chicks from Hoover's Hatchery