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    Best and worst experiences ordering live chicks?

    How about thinking about something new! Like I’m voting for the most handsome rooster contest! There are no voters!! A new idea
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    Best and worst experiences ordering live chicks?

    Unfortunately, I never sell any of my birds for food, only pets to the most loving and expert bird raising people. Swedish Flowers I highly recommend. I have a wait list for my Swedish flower chicks. In danger of extinction, but their sudden extreme popularity in California and on the West...
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    Best and worst experiences ordering live chicks?

    Oh yes. All of those breeds are all the rage at the moment. I just sold one of my Swedish Flower Roosters last week.
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    Best and worst experiences ordering live chicks?

    And I repeat my question, what breeds are you trying to buy??????
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    Best and worst experiences ordering live chicks?

    What kinds of rare chickens do you want to buy? I sell but am reluctant to ship.
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    Best and worst experiences ordering live chicks?

    Im blessed in that I have a major farm supply center 15 minutes away. When I want regular old whatever chicks, I peruse carefully my choices there in the CHICKROOM. They probably aren’t always happy to see me certainly since, I’m not the easiest customer, but I’ve been going there longer than...
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    Best and worst experiences ordering live chicks?

    What breed of chickens are you looking for?
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    Best and worst experiences ordering live chicks?

    There is a very small window of time that a chick can survive a trip through the mail. immediately after hatching, they have ingested enough protein from the egg to survive without eating maybe 3 days possibly longer. No all do though. Rush them home from the post office. Give lots of water...
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    Best and worst experiences ordering live chicks?

    If buying through the mail is your only option, get rush delivery! Always have an insistent conversation over the phone about what you want ask lots of questions. I myself have had bad experiences buying through the mail. Track the chicks and rush to get them at the post office get them home...
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    Best and worst experiences ordering live chicks?

    I disagree about beginners buying fancier breeds of chickens I advise against it as they do often have different sets of needs that only more experienced breeders know about. The standard Sex Link chicken, Leghorn etc etc.is created to be easier to raise and care for taking into account egg and...
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    Best and worst experiences ordering live chicks?

    Go onto local agricultural organization lists in your area to buy from locals. Surely, if you are able to keep poultry you live near a rural area with farms in driving distance.
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    Best and worst experiences ordering live chicks?

    Advise against ordering from these big commercial breeders. You dont know what you’re getting, some die in transit, and they ship so many there is low quality control. I only by my rarest birds that are impossible to find through the mail. Always shop local suppliers in person. Also, as a...
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