Adding to the flock

[AmeraucanaHank]

Thanks I'm going to start looking there

It looks like they have all the breeds you want!

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

It looks like they have all the breeds you want!

well, you'll have to wait till 2023 for the red blue laced wyandotte

 

[Brooks_]

Shipped chicks always carries some risk -- which is mainly from the postal service and has little to do with the hatchery -- but I've not gotten a dead chick yet in a couple years of ordering chicks in the mail.

I think most hatcheries have high survive transit rates. I had ordered from another hatchery and all arrived alive (lost one on night 1). I had expected much more early deaths/DOA, but I only could remember from my childhood when chicks came on the bus.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

well, you'll have to wait till 2023 for the red blue laced wyandotte

Yes that's the only thing that makes me sad but I could not get one I guess and just get a different breed. Has anyone had any experience with Myers hatchery or other places with low shipping minimums

 

[3KillerBs]

I think most hatcheries have high survive transit rates. I had ordered from another hatchery and all arrived alive (lost one on night 1). I had expected much more early deaths/DOA, but I only could remember from my childhood when chicks came on the bus.

Yes, I think that all the reputable, long-term hatcheries are probably similar in their shipping results -- with most negatives being due to the vagaries of the postal system (which, nevertheless, functions most of the time).

 

[WIchickMama]

If you can find a breeder near you that is certified, that is the route that I would go. If they don't have a breed that you are looking for, they just might have connections with someone that might. I haven't done a hatchery before, mainly because I don't want to raise chicks, so I have found a reputable place near me (just over 1 hr drive) that I purchase from.

 

[WIchickMama]

@Pampered chicken girl where are you located?

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

@Pampered chicken girl where are you located?

SW Florida

 

[WIchickMama]

SW Florida

drat, I have seen all those breeds you want as older chicks/pullets around here.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

drat, I have seen all those breeds you want as older chicks/pullets around here.

It's next to impossible to find any breeds around hear except EEs or RIRs. I get excited when I see Buff orplingtons around hear