devious66
Hatching
I have an order number and when I log in it says processing with no ship date. April 2 2016. Still no word from the company.
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I have an order number and when I log in it says processing with no ship date. April 2 2016. Still no word from the company.
In February 2016, ordered 9 Speckled Sussex (8 hens, 1 roo), 8 Barred Rock hens and 11 Black Copper Maran (10 hens, 1 roo) from eFowl, who had Cackle fulfill the order. It was an abysmal experience.
First Cackle substituted the heritage Speckled Sussex with a newish breed called Rainbow Chickens - not the Easter eggers, but a breed designed to mature faster & produce 300 eggs/year - even though I specified no substitutions. eFowl said Cackle did that without their knowledge and refunded me the cost of the substituted chicks. That was good on eFowl's part, annoying on the part of Cackle. At least the hatchery could have substituted with another heritage breed or more of the other breeds I ordered. Cackle never responded to my complaint email.
Even though I ordered sexed birds at extra cost, I have 6 Black Copper Maran roos out of the 10 sexed hens. Several of the birds have crossed beaks. The Barred rocks, which were supposed to be all hens, turned out with 2 roos. That could be attributed to chance since sexing is an art after all. But 6 rosters out of 10 Maran hens? I couldn't have done worse if I ordered a straight run. I would have saved $2.50 per bird, too! As far as this order of chicks is concerned, Cackle can't sex worth a darn, is unresponsive to emails and has poor breeding stock. Maybe they are shipping their rejects through eFowl, I don't know. I sent an email to eFowl suggesting they re-examine their relationship with Cackle and got no reply.
I so wanted to support a small hatchery, but I may go back to Murray McMurry even if they do throw unordered chicks into a grinder.