Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

[akashia26]

got mine. 2 welsh harlaquin ducks
3 cochin
2 polish
3 silkies
3 turkins
2 buttercups
assorted others not yet identified. total 48 birds.

1 duck was doa. one barred rock (we think) has splay leg on 1 side.

 

[SlipsWife]

got mine. 2 welsh harlaquin ducks
3 cochin
2 polish
3 silkies
3 turkins
2 buttercups
assorted others not yet identified. total 48 birds.

1 duck was doa. one barred rock (we think) has splay leg on 1 side.

Sounds like you will have a good assortment!

 

[LooseyGoosey]

Mine ships today! Mine ships today! I'll be waiting ALL DAY for that email

 

[littlekatzz]

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got mine. 2 welsh harlaquin ducks
3 cochin
2 polish
3 silkies
3 turkins
2 buttercups
assorted others not yet identified. total 48 birds.

1 duck was doa. one barred rock (we think) has splay leg on 1 side.
[/quote. Congrats!

 

[Bullitt]

Mine ships today! Mine ships today! I'll be waiting ALL DAY for that email

Try not to lay an egg.

 

[jc12551]

x2

I didn't have any double cockerels of the ones I kept.

2 German Spitz, pullets
2 Partridge Rocks, pullets
2 Turken, pullets
2 White Giants, pullet
2 Golden Laced Polish, pullet/cockerel
2 Silver Laced Polish, pullet/cockerel
1 Buttercup, pullet (the other was the only chick we lost from our first surprise)

I sold the rest before they matured.

How were the Spitzhaubens? I have 15 coming from Cackle and I am curious!

 

[LooseyGoosey]

Mine shipped. It says 34 pounds - that's with an order of 100 cockerels, 15 ducks, and an extra 10 pullets. Does that sound good and heavy with the others factored in?

 

[SlipsWife]

How were the Spitzhaubens? I have 15 coming from Cackle and I am curious!

VERY friendly! We actual regret selling them and if we had gotten more we would have kept them. They would jump in our laps all of the time, perfect personalities. They did LOVE to roost, the higher the better, most of the time on top of the 6 ft gate. They were always walking on our fence (concrete wall) between our house and neighbors. The biggest reason we didn't keep them was because we were afraid they would go into the neighbors yard and they have a small dog that might have hurt them.

As far as how they stacked up for breed standard, I'm not sure. We just had them as pets. One laid and egg right before we sold them. They were the last to lay out of the group we had. I will try to find more pictures if you'd like.

 

[Bullitt]

Mine shipped. It says 34 pounds - that's with an order of 100 cockerels, 15 ducks, and an extra 10 pullets. Does that sound good and heavy with the others factored in?

Yeah, 34 pounds sounds pretty heavy for an order of chicks.

Wow, you will have a bunch of chickens.

 

[dealfinder500]

The 15 ducks would add quite a bit.