Best Hatchery for small order (5 or 6 chicks)?

[tcwk]

Whats a CSA site?
Meyer Hatchery has a small order program and a nice selection of breeds. Nice catalog.

Yes, I just bought 11 chicks from Meyer Hatchery yesterday, everything is good so far, they have great service.

And...

 

[GRAM49]

I order 9 from My Pet Chicken and got good service. All arrived alive and healthy.
Gram

 

[AZKat]

My order of 15 arrived this morning from My Pet Chicken. All appear to be healthy and lively, and are eating and drinking well.

 

[fldiver97]

Quote:
CSA = Community Supported Agriculture. Those are the people most commonly known for selling membership shares for their farms produce, selling at farmers markets etc.
Their website: http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

You can look up farms near your zip code and also by the type of produce, livestock, wool, eggs, dairy etc you are interested in.
I loved being able to pick out my own chickens, not having to worry about chickens and having someone to fall back on in case I accidentally got a roo. One of the families in town that got chickens this years got them from an Amish farmer

 

[kittykorat]

I looked up the CSA site- the nearest farm for eggs was 95 miles away..

I did find a local friend that may be interested in about 5 chicks....
I want 6. If I can find a 3rd person I think we'd be there!
Are there any that have a 15 chick min without exhorbitant shipping?

 

[theDregs]

Got 5 from Meyer Tuesday. They are happy and healthy. Only one day in transit from Ohio to Georgia, too.

 

[GeorgiaBirdBoy]

I looked up the CSA site- the nearest farm for eggs was 95 miles away..

I did find a local friend that may be interested in about 5 chicks....
I want 6. If I can find a 3rd person I think we'd be there!
Are there any that have a 15 chick min without exhorbitant shipping?

Cackle Hatchery has no fee after 15 birds however shipping isn't super cheap. But they do have a good selection of birds.

 

[viennaproto]

Cackle Hatchery has no fee after 15 birds however shipping isn't super cheap. But they do have a good selection of birds.

This thread is from a decade ago haha!! I have heard good things about cackle though.

 

[HaliefromSC]

We love McMurray. I'd ordered from mypetchicken, cackle and Ideal but MM has free shipping available. Mypetchicken is my least fave.