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I just love this breed and this color. Mixed in with my BLRW they are like a beautiful chicken postcard.

BO - Buff Orpington EE - Easter Egger BR - Barred Rock FBCM - French Black Copper Marans BS or BSL - Black sex links RS or RSL - Red sex links BA - Black Austalorp GLW - Gold Laced Wyandotte SLW - Silver Laces Wyandotte

Update: just thought this would bring a little smile. After my initial 60 bird loss, I did the long expensive drive up to the nearest hatchery...twice...because my kids wanted to pick some out too. LOL I had an untested broody and I figured I'd give it a shot when only one of the initial 60...

Greenlove- I actually drove up there twice last week. They were fabulous. It's about 2hrs each way and nearly a tank of gas but at least they all had a better start. Cancelled my second replacement from McMurray. Thanks!!!

If I had it would I'm aware of how a hatchery works. However, since I've found Nobody who seems to ship Fri/Sat except McMurray, perhaps they should revisit their business model and set their eggs on Mon/Wed. If I thought I don't know about most hatcheries but I know ours has a planned...

The first shipment was a fluke, -18 in central OH is not the norm for the 1st of March. 30 chicks in a box should be fine on a normal 3 day trip in March. But nothing is going to survive at -18. I mistakenly assumed they would ship on a M/T/W, not a Fri/Sat the prior week. Had I had any idea...

Hmm, I'll have to look. I don't recall it giving me the option of changing shipping speed, but I can look. It was shipped 2 day priority. Define priority.

Yikes!! I've had good luck with eggs being in one piece. Not so much hatching but at least in one piece? The last box, I kid you not, the entire corner was smashed in at least 6". Probably not a coincidence that it was RIGHT where the shipper had written "FRAGILE".

I would have cancelled that first shipment, I didn't realize they would be shipping on Friday before. Assumed(incorrectly) that they would ship Monday.

Oh and I have also had issues with shipping later because of the heat. Had a shipment that was cancelled by a breeder because it got too hot...in June. Said to reorder in March. I hate central OH weather.

Undortunately, neither UPS nor Fedex ship live chicks. But ship another animal and you'll need all KINDS of things!! correct cage size, they're mandated to water/feed them after a certain time, not over or under a certain temp. And I ordered them early because normally our hi/low this time of...

I am so furious and sad. I ordered 27 chicks from McMurray a while back to ship last week. They shipped 30 on Fri/Sat 2/20 and they were all dead when they arrived Tuesday morning. Apparently, they were actually dead by the time they hit Columbus and then another day later they got to me...

McMurray. I haven't used the hatcheries before. I have been lucky finding breeders locally but we have had a serious hawk problem and lost about 75% of my flock so I needed a bunch and that was cost prohibitive locally. :barnie

Eggcellent!!! Have fun!!! My 25 babes should arrive late next week. Hopefully we can get out of the single digits!!!:yiipchick

Ugh autocorrect...BROODERS not Browsers.:P

Two eggs a day from two hens. Not two eggs a day from one hen.

Adorable!!! I have a large crew coming in 3 weeks. Browsers firing up everywhere!!! ;)

Jeez I haven't but I'll certainly keep an eye out for you!!

We are in Columbus OH but only recently. Before that, my birds were Boston Girls like myself. Our weather is going to be similar with less snow. I have Black Copper Marans, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons, Cream Legbars, Brown Leghorns, Olive Eggers, Silver Penciled Rocks and...

LOL!!! I did!! Silver Penciled Rock. That'll teach me to post while having 15-7yo boys running around my house.