Ahh, that's one of my special tactics with feed store chicks! I always try to get the oldest chicks of the breeds I want. Chicks are delivered in quantity one day a week, and those that didn't sell the previous week are therefore a week older. I look for the most active and alert older...
I've done the same, put chicks of disparate ages together, up to 3 weeks difference. Unless it's a single chick at the far end of the age difference.... I kept a couple of those in a separate brooder for a week so the smaller ones are eating and drinking okay and have demonstrated they're...
I've ordered from Ideal twice, from MyPetChicken once, and Metzer Farms once. I would order from each of them again, according to purpose: MPC for sexed bantams, Metzer for ducks and geese, and Ideal for large fowl pullets. I've got nothing bad to say about any of those three companies. I...