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    Terrible service at Performance Poultry!

    Hey Minky, it's always sad to hear bad news on hatcheries as there are some many to buy from and most all buyers spend some time to choose where to place trust, money and time. I don't know all the breeds your talking about in chick looks but have experience with EE and Wellies. The eye liner...
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    Should I call Cackle Hatchery?

    Hey there peachyduckies, I laugh with you on this.....new arrival fever! My experience has been this....when the postal carrier or post office scans in your bar code it sets all the info in motion. U probably wont get an electronic update until then. Even if you have an account with cackle it...
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    Cackle Hatchery?

    My experience...In the past 4 years I have bought chicks or ducks from the following business. Great customer service, healthy, delivered on time as ordered, Mertzer farms My Pet Chicken Cackle Tractor Supply (Hoover Hatchery) Ideal Poultry * * I wasn't impressed with the breeding stock my...
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    9 roos out of 15 chicks

    I have no experience with bantams, only standard breeds. I have ordered online from 3 diff hatcheries the last 3 years, always order pullets and I always get at least one room and one order ended up with 3 roos. I have always questioned the straight run orders being filled. I have watched a few...
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    Selling Eggs?

    I have 2 Pekin ducks that are laying, doing so good I bought 5 more for egg production. I'm fortunate that connections hooked me up with a small cafe that buys all the chicken and duck eggs I have. I'm not making a financial killing but making enough back for what I want, one big savings is the...
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    Pinkish/Pale bills

    I know this is an old thread but adding for any new readers. I got 5 pekin hen ducklings from Mertzer in Jan 2018 ( it's Feb 2018 now). Healthy, they all had mauve color bills. After 3 wks their bills are orange except one. I'm waiting to see if it changes but so far they are healthy. Maybe pink...
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    Metzer Farms?

    Hello Pearl... I bought 5 pekins from Mertzer this Jan. I live on the coast of NC. I was hesitate at first since it was first week of Jan and they were traveling coast to coast but since Mertzer is Def in the duck business and they ship internationally I trusted them fulfilling my order. Girls...
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    Ideal Poultry sending "shipped" email?

    I have bought from 4 diff hatcheries including Ideal. I did get emails with tracking info from each place. Enjoy ur babies! ( I currently have 3 week old ducklings in the brooder)
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    Duckling back roll over recovery-vertigo?

    Hey all, thank each of you for responses. It is nice to have so many supportive folks out there!
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    Duckling back roll over recovery-vertigo?

    Want to post a bit of info for others who experience this prob as it is very frustrating and worrisome when it is going on. So here is the beginning. Jan 8 Shipped from Mertzer farms CA to NC as day old ducklings so they were 3days old when I picked them up at post office. Counting their age of...
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    Murry McMurray Silver Laced Wyndotts

    I have no experience with mcmurray. I do have experience with this breed from Ideal poultry if this info helps to refine your selection. Last year,I ordered 15 sexed chicks, including 2 Cockerel as I wanted to breed to replenish my stock. The entire purchase experience was good, timely, sexed...
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    Ideas on a self-sustainable flock?

    Hi Mindy, I think you are smart in making your plans and how to achieve them. There is tons of info on the net from about every kind of person you can find. Regardless of what responses you get don't get discouraged, you will find that raising chickens is easy enough, not too labor intensive...
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    Why did my roosters stop mating with one of the hens

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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    I say roo. You can see the little waddle in one of the pics. I had 7 hatch and knew I had 6 of same because of markings and did turn to be true...6 roos and 1 girl. Also noticed that around the 4th week the neck feathers of the pullet had the yellow as the roos kept the redish color along with...
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