Anybody have chicks shipping Monday August 27?

[BGinVA]

Just curious if anybody has a shipment coming next week and wants to wait it out together, I'm so excited, but I actually hope they don't arrive until Wednesday I have to be in the office 90 miles away all day Tuesday and I want to be here when they first arrive instead of leaving it all up to my hubby & kids to get them settled.

I have 7 days olds coming, supposed to be all pullets, 1 Rhode Island Red, 1 Buff Orpington, and a suprise 5 pack of Large Fowl Rare breed, so I don't know what I'll get in that.

 

[madamwlf]

Hopefully my chicks are shipping Monday as well. Can't wait!

 

[LThompson]

I have 28 (14 breeds, 2 each) that are due to ship on Monday! Can't do anything small scale...

They'll be my first chickens since I was a kid. I've been reading everything on this site over the past months!

The brooder is built and tomorrow I'll be getting the shavings in it and getting everything prepped for whichever day they arrive.

Mine are coming from Meyer Hatchery.

 

[BGinVA]

Mine are coming from My Pet Chicken. This will be my second batch of chicks, but my first were 2.5 weeks old, so I've never done newly hatched before and a little nervous about them being so vulnerable being I lost 3 of my orignal chicks even with them being older.

I'm getting the brooder set up today, need to take the next couple of days to experiment with the heat lamp. Although I used it with my 2.5 week olds, it wasn't quite as crucial as they were older and the temperatures were high's in the 100's lows in the 70's to 80's at that time. Now that the little ones are coming its 80's during the day and 60's at night. I keep the brooder in my garage.

Everybody be sure to post pics when your new littles arrive!

 

[Pharmacy Chick]

I'm getting some from Ideal on the 29th! What fun, we'll have some new baby pictures to share!

 

[ryeguy]

We ordered from Meyer as well and they should be shipping Monday. Pretty excited. Ordered 2 Australorp, 2 Golden Buff, and 2 White Rock. I have everything for the brooder I just need to set it up. I've been working on the coop for the past couple of weeks and it's getting... well... out of hand. The neighborhood we live in (Rocky Ripple, IN) has a bunch of coops so they're plenty of people I can talk to for advice, which is nice.

 

[LThompson]

For those who have received day olds before, have you found that the order is shipped by USPS at the same speed as regular Priority mail or that it takes longer? When I use the USPS's website, they say that a Priority mail package shipped from Meyer's zip to mine should arrive on Wednesday, but I was wondering about other's experience.

Thanks!

 

[Pyxis]

I've got babies coming from Meyer, too. 17, but only two are for me! I'm getting a sultan and a mystery pullet, and I also have 3 light brown leghorns, 3 white leghorns, 3 RIRs, and 5 Barred Rocks coming for other people, as well as one extra sultan just in case, but she'll go to live with one of the other people if all goes as planned. This is my first time getting shipped chicks. I'm so excited

 

[gander111]

I ordered from Ideal also, 3 Salmon Favorolle pullets and 1 roo..2 Buff Orpington pullets and 2 Americauna pullets. Favorolle roo's are supposed to be calm and gentlemanly. I want to breed my Salmon Roo with my Buff..curious!

 

[gander111]

Mine have shipped on Monday and received on Wednesday, USS Priority.