Yes. I have been very nervous ever since they shipped. Day 3 in the mail I was anxious through the roof. I know they will replace but you're right, it's still hard.
We mail ordered 33 chicks from Meyer Hatchery. They took 4 days to get to our post office despite the hatchery only being 1.5 hrs away from us.
5 were DOA and we have lost more than half already, with more dying. We have done everything we know to help but they are so messed up.
I am...
Okay I'm getting nervous with all these roosters. I want to keep them all but probably not feasible. Heres a better picture, I think it looks like a Partridge Pendesca chicken....? Its very small, half the size of the others. Similar in size to the little polish.
Okay so the little Polish guy was crowing today right in front of me. He was also having a standoff with the Buff Orpington rooster and little guy won, lol.
Here are some close ups of one of the Swedish Flower chickens. Is this a spur developing? Rooster neck feathers?
Does the Lavender...
Well, the said the lavender orpington appears to be a hen and that they take longer to develop so I can send them more pics if it develops into a rooster. They also said the swedish flowers appear to be 1 rooster 1 hen.
I'm going to wait until they are fully grown to respond to them, that way there is no "if". I mean, the chicks were only $3 each so I'm not going to textually assault them and accuse them of trying to "save their butts". I'm actually a nice, reasonable person. :)
I'm not a noob to chickens...