Ducks I think are over-hatched, you can't get enough geese honestly, they sell out SOO fast. It took me three days to find a hatchery that actually had geese for sale so late (this past week), because I had to order some more after selling some males. Since geese have such a small window to lay...
Lucky for you! I've got 20 birds now after two years so I'm pretty set on how many I want/need for the Spring, but a 50 chick waterfowl special would've been great..... Guess that's a little bit more expensive!
I wish Cackle's waterfowl surprise had this many chicks! I don't really care for chickens since I haven't owned any, but I adore my ducks and geese, the waterfowl special is only 10 birds!!!!!
A day old chick can weigh from 15 grams (.52 ounces) to about 30 grams(1.05 ounces) depending on the breed.
1 ounce is 28.349 grams, and there are 16 ounces in a pound. So if the box itself let's just SAY is three pounds and we take the average between 30 and 15 which is 22.5, which is less than...