Cackle Hatchery Delivery Friday July 13th!! Anyone else expecting?

[MonsterClucker]

I've got 15 Appenzeller Spitzhauben coming this week 

Wow! Such unique names for those kinds of chickens! I've never heard of those before. I'm gonnhaave to do some research. I hope all goes well with your shipping and handling. Post pictures when your babies get

 

[AhyokaAcres]

I will most definitely post pictures when they get here! I have my other flocks, but I wanted some good free ranging chickens as well. The Spitz are good at flying and like to roost in trees, so I thought it would be perfect to have as a free range bird around here.

 

[MonsterClucker]

Those beautiful birds!! Did you get the rest of your flock from cackle as well?

 

[theoldchick]

Benbact should be available at Pet's Mart. I'm not sure what you mean by fermented feed?

 

[AhyokaAcres]

Those beautiful birds!! Did you get the rest of your flock from cackle as well?

This is actually my first order with them. My flock comes from breeders, feed stores, hatched eggs, and then I have 10 chicks and 3 ducks from Ideal hatchery.

 

[bambamsdad]

Getting w/cochins goldlaced cochins and salmon favs to go along with my giants b/w, brahmas,b-rocks,chanteclers,americaunas,and other cochins should be around 70+ ive lost 4 1 black giant 1sl cochin 1b-rock hen and ablack cochin that was doa ordered from the big three mcmurray-ideal-cackle havent gotten cackle yet was shipped today happy with everything else though except the losses but cant win them all. I used sugar water with them all as suggested in (success with baby chicks robert plamondon) book has worked well for me brightlight for the first 24 hours so they can find there way around waterers/feed most started drinking on there own right away others followed suit pretty quik good luck and if you got any??????about things this is the place to be!!!!

 

[MonsterClucker]

 This is actually my first order with them. My flock comes from breeders, feed stores, hatched eggs, and then I have 10 chicks and 3 ducks from Ideal hatchery.

This is also my first Cackle order. I have a few feed stores close by I'm gonna try and grab a few chicks from them this coming spring too. And I'm building my first incubator, so I guess I'm gonna be hatching my own as well lol. Chicken math huh? Lol
Well I hope you chicks come on time and all healthy. Make sure you post pictures for us, I would like to see your baby's

 

[MonsterClucker]

Benbact should be available at Pet's Mart.  I'm not sure what you mean by fermented feed?

Fermented feed is when you soak the feed first and let it sit for a day or so and it supposedly is better than dry feed? I'm not to sure about how it really works and all that I've just started to read about it really. But I just wasn't sure if maybe you had experience doing that or not.

Im gonna be sure to pick up some of benbact from PetSmart. Thanks for the tip! I need them

 

[MonsterClucker]

Getting w/cochins goldlaced cochins and salmon favs to go along with my giants b/w, brahmas,b-rocks,chanteclers,americaunas,and other cochins should be around 70+ ive lost 4 1 black giant 1sl cochin 1b-rock hen and ablack cochin that was doa ordered from the big three mcmurray-ideal-cackle havent gotten cackle yet was shipped today happy with everything else though except the losses but cant win them all. I used sugar water with them all as suggested in (success with baby chicks robert plamondon) book has worked well for me brightlight for the first 24 hours so they can find there way around waterers/feed most started drinking on there own right away others followed suit pretty quik good luck and if you got any??????about things this is the place to be!!!!

Wow it sounds like you have a very colorful flock! I can imagine you must have a really nice coop area for all of them. I'd really like to see what that looks like.
I'm really hoping I don't have any DOA's lol. That just wouldn't be very fun for my first order. But it happens I guess, right? Lol.
So how do you mix the sugar water? Like what ratio?

 

[theoldchick]

I think I'd avoid 'fermented' feed at this point.