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    Important Question about newly hatched chicks

    I've got a brooder setup with a heat lamp that we have used for mail order chicks before. So, if I understand, I can take the babies as soon as they are hatched and fluffed out, and relocate them to the heat lamp setup; and all will be well?
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    Important Question about newly hatched chicks

    Thanks for the quick reply!! My daughter is worried sick that the other birds will get to the babies...
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    Important Question about newly hatched chicks

    Hi All!! This is our first time hatching out eggs; we've got a staggered bunch every few days, and the first one is starting to hatch out now. They are polish top hats... We've gotten chicks in the mail before and have been very successful in raising them. BUT, we have a few hens (black...
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    Help me identify these chicks

    Thanks for the quick feeback... I'll keep an eye out on their temprement and separate them if necessary... I've already seen the reds picking at the other chicks... Will they hurt them? They seem to pick at the Black sex links's eyes... Thanks for the info!!! Love the new chicks...
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    Help me identify these chicks

    I got a batch of chicks from Ideal. It's the FIRST bacch of chicks I've ordered and I'm not at all sure what kind of chicks the packing peanuts are. I ordered 2 blue cochin pulets and 5 Black sex link pullets. They added 12 packing peanuts... Herfe's the chicks I ordered... and here are...
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    packing peanuts question...

    hahahaha are you a wheather man? Nope, just real good at using the internet I figure small orders in colder months = more packing peanuts.
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    I AM SO MAD!!!!!!

    For what it's worth, I received a shipment from Ideal today also. The only iffy chick is a packing peanut, the other 18 look great. They shipped my order Thursday, so 2 day transit to southern CA. I don't understand the length of transit on your shipment. Ideal ships Priprity Mail, which the...
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    packing peanuts question...

    Caribou, The reason I went with Ideal is that I was under the impression that McMurray (and other hatcherys) had a minimum 25 chick order size. Ideal doesn't, but you pay a surcharge for ordering less than 25. My wife was very unhappy with the number of additional chicks, but my daughter and...
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    packing peanuts question...

    Caribou, To further detail the shipment as far as where, when and the weather: Delivery Date: February 19 Coming from: Ideal Poultry in Cameron, TX (mid 60's high temp) Delivery to: Norco, CA (upper 60's high temp) From some other posts on the board it looks like during February, Ideal shoots...
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    packing peanuts question...

    Thought I'd drop in on this conversation... I just received an order from Ideal... I ordered 2 Blue Cochins and 5 Black Sex Link's... and got 12 packing peanuts for a total of 19. I'm guessing the peanuts are RIR's but I'm just getting into the whole Chicken thing, so who knows. And yep, you...
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