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I had written a long, angry rant but decided to abbreviate for the sake of time. McMurray has the worst customer service of any hatchery (or livestock vendor in general) that I have EVER had the misfortune to deal with. Having talked to two separate people there today, I can safely assume that...

I'm incompetent and posted in the wrong place. I'm in Germantown and I need chicken assistance. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=235197

I know this is going to make me sound like a big idiot, but whatever. I have at latest count 17(ish) chickens. I don't know the gender of most of them. They are of at least 4, maybe 6 different breeds, and none of them have particularly large combs or anything. I think I may have...

Grrrr. Out of the 26 that were in the box, I'm now down to 14, and another couple are fading fast. I'm definitely going to need more egg layers. And also, about 6 hours of cuteoverload.com. Having a 16 hour day of dying baby chicks really takes it out of me. Honestly, I'm not entirely sure I...

I'm in Louisville, KY. I wouldn't think it would be that long of a trip, but apparently it was. Yes, they marked the receipt that the 'males added for warmth' were Buff Orpingtons. They're sooo cute and yellow. I heart. I'm actually thinking that I might just see if they can send me one nice...

*sigh* 9 down so far. 1 probably on the way out. I called Ideal about them and they said that they would be happy to reship my entire order, which I wasn't particularly thrilled about since I now have a BUNCH of random male Buff Orpingtons, who are very cute, but not such great layers from...

So far I've had 6 that died, 3 of which were completely obviously DOA, and 3 that just wouldn't eat or drink and never really rallied. I have 5 chicks still in the ICU box and I'm almost positive that one of them is going to make it, and another one gets about a 75/25 chance (against). Three...

HEY!!! I HAVE CHICKS!!! ...Not only that, but most of them are alive and kind of PO'd. Yeah, they are chirping angrily. I have gro-gel in there with them now. I have them separated into two boxes - an 'Alive & Angry' box, and an ICU box. The ones in the ICU box are kind of unresponsive, but I'm...

As I understand it, the problem is with the temperature of the water not the humidity. If you have room temperature water or higher and you don't get enough on the eggs to seriously lower their temperature, it should be the same basic effect as having the hen take a walk and letting the eggs...

Actually, I had planned on getting out to my (hopefully 95 degree) car before I opened the box, but that's probably great advice. I don't want to traumatize other people at the post office, but I definitely don't want to have to debate the facts afterwards. Thanks for the advice. I really...

I spoke with Idea earlier (sorry, in the world of people who can't sleep, 4:45 AM is still Wednesday) and she told me specifically that my order had shipped Monday. She sounded pretty apprehensive and told me that if my order didn't arrive pretty quickly on Thursday that I needed to let the...

Hey! I may be freaking out over nothing, but I have an order of chicks from Ideal that I thought would be here by now. They aren't at the post office, which means they won't be here today at all. I talked to someone at Ideal and she told me they were fine for 72 hours after hatching, so if they...

I have Black Australorps, Partridge Cochins and Golden Laced Polish on their way as of next Monday. I really, really, REALLY want a couple of Silver Laced Wyandottes to add to the flock, but I didn't add them on my original order and now it would delay the shipment by at least a week. I'm so...

Hey! I'm an OKC girl currently living in Louisville, KY. My family is still in OK though and I go back pretty frequently. I just made my first chicken order, and I'm completely excited about it. Just thought I'd say hi! HOWDY!!!

Yup, I picked them especially because they are supposed to be docile, hardy and good egg layers. And also because their feathers are gorgeous and I have a friend who makes custom corsets out of feathers (among other things). Now I actually want to add 2 chickens to my order, but it would delay...

HEY!!! I'm so excited I could pee. I just placed my very first chick order. I'm getting them from Ideal, and they are shipping on the 23rd. I was going to order 4 chickens, then I kind of accidentally ordered 10. My bad. The good news is that my coop is still in the planning stages, and it...

Hey! I am trying to start my flock this spring. I have no chickens at the moment and really, really want them. I don't want 25 of them though since I live in downtown Louisville and that could make problems with my neighbors. Is anybody placing an order? I want Black Australorps so very badly...

Hi! I'm new to the forum, and to the whole concept of yard chickens. I'm really excited about it though. I think I want Black Australorps because they are supposed to be good layers and hardy in the winter. Also, being docile helps because I've really never spent that much time around chickens...