Cackle Hatchery issues (I do not suggest using them)

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I am very sure. They are a cross between a Rhode Island Red roo and White Leghorn hen

I do! her name is clover and she is my PFP and I linked her article in my signature https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/4-legged-chick-clover.1449620/

Amberlinks are a cross of white leghorn rooster x Rhode Island red hen. If the breed’s wrong, that’s still bad, but they might have still got the sex right.

 

[Mutchi]

She loves attention and GRASS!

WOW how does she look now?

 

[Cecisflock]

Amberlinks are a cross of white leghorn rooster x Rhode Island red hen. If the breed’s wrong, that’s still bad, but they might have still got the sex right.

I will keep that in mind and watch him/her develop!

 

[Cecisflock]

WOW how does she look now?

 

[Mutchi]

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WOW SOOOOO PRETTY!!!!

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

she is so pretty

 

[Mutchi]

are her legs sensitive or can you touch them? and can i get a front veiw

 

[ShrekDawg]

At the very least, if this is a common practice, hatcheries should clarify this. It's a terrible position for many folks to be in to dispense of or dispatch a rooster when there was never supposed to be one. If I had not known I'd receive a rooster, I'd certainly take the extra chick. Thankfully I was aware of Meyer's policy and have always received accurately sexed chicks. I was simply saying I didn't agree with the policy of throwing in a free unexpected male. Personally, I can handle keeping or eating the extra male, but I've been on the other side of the fence too.

I don’t think it’s as common if at all in the small orders like people would get for in town. It usually happens in the larger orders and/or bigger hatcheries with higher minimums where people are getting like 25, 50, 100, 200, whatever, and they figure they can handle them since they’re getting so many OR do it entirely by accident sometimes cause it’s hard to accurately sex every single one when you get to that many.

 

[theoldchick]

I ordered from Cackle with no problems. I did specify no 'packing peanuts' so I would not get unwanted roosters. That was 11 years ago. I still have two from that flock. Every hatchery has it problems. They can all improve on customer service.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Are you sure it’s a sex link? Maybe they gave you the wrong breed. For instance, both sexes of amberlinks look like red sex link males.

You could’ve gotten the wrong breeds. Maybe Easter eggers (legbar mixes) instead of purebred legbars. Cornish bantams are actually more common than standard cornish, so you could’ve gotten white laced red or dark cornish bantams.

Easter Eggers are not Legbar mixes and if somebody is ordering certain breeds then they should get those