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  1. gritsar

    Now that I've stopped crying, so mad at McMurray!! Update! Post #6

    I'm sorry. It's so sad to watch the little ones fade away.
  2. gritsar

    Now that I've stopped crying, so mad at McMurray!! Update! Post #6

    I'm pretty sure that this little guy is a barred rock, but thanks for the info. When he is old enough he will be going to live in my brahma coop. My Ideal brahma girls are now 6 1/2 years old. The girls decided long ago that they won't take any gruff from some upstart rooster. He will be...
  3. gritsar

    Now that I've stopped crying, so mad at McMurray!! Update! Post #6

    The whole reason day old chicks can be shipped at all is the simple fact that from the time they hatch they have roughly three days of egg yolk to live on. Living in a very rural area where the USPS has closed many post offices, including the two closest to us, means not much happens on a...
  4. gritsar

    Now that I've stopped crying, so mad at McMurray!! Update! Post #6

    I will get new chicks from Ideal, either this fall or in the spring, but the losses seriously messed up my coop arrangement. I have a large outdoor brooder set up in one of the coops. The ones that died and the three survivors were/are all standards, whereas the four little birds that occupy...
  5. gritsar

    Now that I've stopped crying, so mad at McMurray!! Update! Post #6

    I ran into our regular letter carrier at the grocery store last night and she confirmed what I already knew.... My chicks from McMurray (which my order status on their website says shipped on a Thursday) had to go from Ohio, to Shreveport LA, to Little Rock, then to Hot Springs, AR before...
  6. gritsar

    Now that I've stopped crying, so mad at McMurray!! Update! Post #6

    Sorry y'all lost some birds too. It's sad when they become nothing more than products. At least the three I have left seem to be improving. All roosters, but all deserve a chance. I have friends that are very much against supporting any hatchery, because of their disposal methods of the male...
  7. gritsar

    Now that I've stopped crying, so mad at McMurray!! Update! Post #6

    My hatchery of choice is Ideal and when I need hatchery chicks I usually order from April to May. This year I needed chicks later in the year and Ideal was sold out of the breeds I wanted, so I decided to give McMurray a shot. I ordered 15 of the "feather footed fancies" plus a pair of polish...
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