Whew! Good! I was praying they were all the right breed. I know nothing about orpingtons. Time for me to do a lot more research. 😁 I am praying not many/none are roosters!
UPDATE #2: My husband checked our local store again on his way home from work. The shipment never came in today. He called another store about 30 mins away from us, and they had 20 ISA brown and 20 buff orpington "pullets." So we all went to check out the chicks there and bought 8 of the...
UPDATE: We just left TSC with no chicks. 😔 The manager was super nice and apologized several times. She said the post office hadn't called yet but said she expected them to call anytime. We waited until about 10am. They only had some bantams and some ducks left over from last week. The manager...
I am clueless about if there is a hatchery nearby....not that I know of? So, I am a bit worried that the store told me some wrong info. But I'll go tomorrow and see what they have, if any, and let everyone know what I find out. :fl
Sally PB,
Thanks for all of the good info! I'm in Ohio. I'm guessing I need chickens that can stand the cold and also the warm summers. I'm still researching good breeds for that. Any advice/breed info is WELCOME. :D
Thanks, nuthatched, for your response. I called last week, and they told me they get their new chicks come in on Monday mornings for our local TSC store. I hope they told me correctly, but I guess I will find out one way or another. Fingers crossed!
Does anyone have advice on picking/raising chicks from TSC? I am going tomorrow morning in hopes of buying my first-ever chicks. I have a lot of the supplies already (heating plate, chick food, chick grit, a large plastic container, to name a few), but know I probably need other things, too. I...