If you are looking for certain breeds and don't mind paying shipping, why not try an online source? I recently got my chicks from http://chickensforbackyards.com/ and I found their customer service and their peeps exceptional. They have over 30 breeds, including Easter Eggers. They are shipping...
We has PEEPS! I am SO EGGSCITED! Well, excited really, as no eggs as of yet, but very healthy, happy baby chicks! Three Australorps, three Barred Rocks and two Speckled Sussexes.
This may be a no brainer, but I just wanted to remind you that the girls need to stay dry. A wet coop is a breeding ground for disease of all kinds, not to mention magnifies the smell. That said, if you can keep your coop-run area dry without enclosing it, I think you'll be good to go. Predator...
I have contacted the PO and they couldn't understand why my chicks were delivered - they said that wasn't their SOP. I gave them my phone number and address with specific instructions to contact me when they arrive.
The heat issue is so weird because I set up a brooder with a heat pad under...
Sadly, I must report that all of my chicks that I got from the mail have died over the last 4 days. I lost the last one today.
This is what I think happened. The post office delivered them to my door - the hatchery - Chickens for Backyards, explained that they are not supposed to do that, that...
We lost three last night and my friend who got three chicks in my order also lost two. Of the three I have left, only the Australorp looks hardy - the Sussex and Barred Rock look pretty rough. I am feeding them every hour with a dropper - some warmed sugar water. I have also placed a space...
So you think the peeping is because they are cold? My one Australorp that insists on staying out in the open is the loudest and will not stay under the warm shoe box. She just won't!
OK! They arrived! Wooo! Mail man delivered them today - little peepers. So I'm an over-worrying worry wart, they are chirping really loud but don't seem to be very cold. My daughter (17) held them all after we opened the box and gave them all their first drink and now it seems they all want to...
It totally is an addiction. I was just like that back when I was breeding tropical fish and non-venomous snakes, especially the beautiful milk snakes. I just couldn't get enough!