Alchemist Farm chicks Breed/Sex?

[chirpyderp]

I know this is an old thread but I’m still upset about the ethical of the farm. I did not have a good experience with Alchemist. I ordered ten chicks and Francesca gave me one free chick which I already suspected it would be a boy. So, anyway, I ended up with seven boys out of the eleven chicks I got from her. Four of which are: 2 cream Legbars and 2 OE back crosses.

One of the chicks I ordered was a Welsummer and if you know a thing or two about Welsummer, they are kinda auto-sexing and of course I got a boy instead. I also ordered four Black copper Marans and only two were (boys) and the other two are OE xOE instead because the egg colors I got from the two confirmed my suspicion. I would think twice about buying from a no-kill farm because those roosters at the end had to end up in someone’s home. Unless you love having a high rooster ratio in your coop.

I have nothing but good things to say about Alchemist. On my first order, she included 4 extra birds - they’ve all turned out to be pullets.

I just got my second order today and she gave me 7 extra birds. Obviously it’s too soon to tell how many will be cockerels, but I’ve bought sexed females from hatcheries who have ended up being males. If dealing with cockerels is an issue for you, buy started pullets.

If you bought one straight-run Welsummer expecting a pullet, that’s not Franchesca’s fault. They are not reliably auto-sexing and she doesn’t sell them as such.

I’m new to chickens and I’ve already learned that when you’re dealing with small numbers (2-3 chicks per breed), the odds are often not 50/50. I got 9 chicks (4 different breeds) from Sadie Girl and 7 have ended up being roosters. Now I order at least 4 per breed to increase my odds of getting at least one pullet.

On Franchesca’s site, she says to reach out if you end up with all males and she’ll make it right. I’m certain she would also want to make it right if you received the wrong breed in error.

Have you contacted her?

 

[MyCuteChooks]

I have nothing but good things to say about Alchemist. On my first order, she included 4 extra birds - they’ve all turned out to be pullets.

I just got my second order today and she gave me 7 extra birds. Obviously it’s too soon to tell how many will be cockerels, but I’ve bought sexed females from hatcheries who have ended up being males. If dealing with cockerels is an issue for you, buy started pullets.

If you bought one straight-run Welsummer expecting a pullet, that’s not Franchesca’s fault. They are not reliably auto-sexing and she doesn’t sell them as such.

I’m new to chickens and I’ve already learned that when you’re dealing with small numbers (2-3 chicks per breed), the odds are often not 50/50. I got 9 chicks (4 different breeds) from Sadie Girl and 7 have ended up being roosters. Now I order at least 4 per breed to increase my odds of getting at least one pullet.

On Franchesca’s site, she says to reach out if you end up with all males and she’ll make it right. I’m certain she would also want to make it right if you received the wrong breed in error.

Have you contacted her?

I have bought chicks in small quantities from other breeders in the past and I’ve never encountered such a high number of male ratio. I also get it about the male/female ratio not under Francesca control and gave her the benefit of doubts. I did reach out to her about the wrong breed she gave me and the high rooster ratio I got. Instead of offering me a refund of the price difference of the wrong breed sent, she offered me a discount for my future purchase instead. This is not what I was expecting from Francesca. The right thing to do is for her to offer me the refund for the price difference and not a discount for my next purchase. Why would I buy from her again if she can’t make it right the first time.

 

[JustBabyMargo]

Hey @MFRcoop ! I was wondering what your sage egger ended up being? I think I got three of those as extras with my order and I was just wondering how yours ended up?

 

[MFRcoop]

My sage egger ended up being a hen like I had figured. She was the one in the photos above that was more grayish. A great picture of her is on the left in photo Number 7 above. She lays a beautiful lightly speckled minty green egg. I could not be happier with her. Here is a current photo of her. I'll post some photos later of her eggs!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

My sage egger ended up being a hen like I had figured. She was the one in the photos above that was more grayish. A great picture of her is on the left in photo Number 7 above. She lays a beautiful lightly speckled minty green egg. I could not be happier with her. Here is a current photo of her. I'll post some photos later of her eggs! View attachment 2805926

She’s gorgeous! Can’t wait to see the egg. Did all the others end up as pullets except for the one Cocoa Egger?

 

[JustBabyMargo]

My sage egger ended up being a hen like I had figured. She was the one in the photos above that was more grayish. A great picture of her is on the left in photo Number 7 above. She lays a beautiful lightly speckled minty green egg. I could not be happier with her. Here is a current photo of her. I'll post some photos later of her eggs! View attachment 2805926

She is beautiful! I hope some of mine are girls but I’m not sure if they really are safe eggers! I’ll post some pictures later....

 

[JustBabyMargo]

These are my 3 week old cuties! I’m thinking Carlisle is a pullet (and hopefully Kevin!) and Kyle is a cockerel. What does everyone else think?

Kevin (he has crossbeak so I hope he’s a she!)-

Kyle-

Carlisle-

 

[LadiesAndJane]

These are my 3 week old cuties! I’m thinking Carlisle is a pullet (and hopefully Kevin!) and Kyle is a cockerel. What does everyone else think?

Kevin (he has crossbeak so I hope he’s a she!)-
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Kyle-View attachment 2806153
Carlisle-View attachment 2806154View attachment 2806155

I can’t tell genders yet. Others may be able to. I love their little baby mohawks though!
Look a lot like my “Partridge“ olive Egger.

 

[JustBabyMargo]

I can’t tell genders yet. Others may be able to. I love their little baby mohawks though!
Look a lot like my “Partridge“ olive Egger.

Yeah! Thanks for trying I’ll have to update once they get a bit older! Carlisle and Kevin just have bigger half crests and more pulletish personalities! So I hope they are pullets! Because Kevin would go in with our polishes and other crossbeak! Otherwise I’m not sure what we would do with him! So I really hope he’s a girl!!