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

[shortcake1806]

Actually there was about a 50/50 mix of pullets and roos in our shipment. The turkeys were one tom one hen. The ducks didn't make it to maturity so I don't know. The neighbors dog got them.

 

[hunter1hall]

New to all this, but this sounds like some exciting poultry gambling. I might have to try an order myself.

 

[Hobbley_Farm]

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what kinda chicks have you figured out?

That should be 2 poults not 1! I have 3 EE's. Very happy about that! I love my EE's. There are 2 white crested black polish and 1 buff brahma. There are a few that look like Australorps and several yellow ones with a black spot on their back. There are also some smokey yellow ones, a couple chipmunk striped ones, several red, a few buff and some black ones. There is one chipmunk that intrigues me. She is very tiny (bantam??) and the stripes include white ones. This is a whole lot of fun and I am considering ordering another one!

yours sound very much like my order recieved. The white turkey poults...do you think they will be breedable? What I have read says "no"...any 1 else know something diff? I would like to breed evenually with my other turks

 

[chicken_china_mom]

I ordered from Cackle Hatchery in March and we got our chicks April 8th. All were alive when we got them, and after one week we lost only one chick, so overall the chicks are healthy and hardy. The only problem I had is that my order was not filled exactly as I had placed it. I ordered 5 white silkies (straight run), 5 silver laced wyandottes (pullets), 5 birchen cochin (straight run), 5 partridge cochin(straight run), 5 splash cochin(straight run), and 5 barred cochin(straight run). Well, that's not what I received. I ended up with 6 silver laced wyandottes (found out the most affectionate one of all is the rooster I did NOT order, surprise!), 6 partridge, 6 splash, 6 black chicks that I couldn't tell if they were birchen or barred, and my 5 white silkies. Well, now that they are feathering out I see that I have 3 barred and 3 birchen, or so it seems. I had to order all the cochins straight run, same with the silkies. So far I know I have at least one barred rooster, and the sixth wyandotte is a rooster. I also suspect at least one of the 4 remaining silkies I have is a rooster. They will be 4 weeks old on Monday and I have noticed a change in the voice of my male wyandotte, but all the others still sound like softly peeping chicks. So my order was off by only one, and all my chicks were healthy, my order was just wrong. I love my chicks just the same and I did pay to get my chicks vaccinated against Marek's disease. I don't know if that plays into why they all are so healthy, but for the most part I'm happy. I just think I would like to order from someplace where I can have more control over how many pullets I want, and how many roosters. I didn't want a lot of roosters, and I still am not sure exactly how many I have. I guess only time will tell. But for the most part I like Cackle Hatchery.

 

[Hobbley_Farm]

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I may be reading this wrong but it looks like you got more than what you ordered? Is that right? If that is correct then the roo's were just packing peanuts added in at no charge. can't tell you what the reason is if they sent you the wrong breed altogether. Also, Most places and I think Cackle is this way only guarentee 95% on the sexing of chicks. Don't let it discourage you

 

[Eduardo]

Well I took the plunge today! I'm excited to see how it turns out and how they do on their way to PR!!!

 

[cwc362]

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Got my fingers crossed for you!! Can't wait to hear what you get!!

 

[Eduardo]

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Got my fingers crossed for you!! Can't wait to hear what you get!!

Yes! Everyone send those good vibrations my way. I hope I get a good mix. I don't care about specific breeds just want a little of everything. Maybe a girlfriend for my goose, his died last year diving into an empty pool.

 

[BellLisamo]

i want to wait to order this until i KNOW they are starting to hatch the guineas...

 

[Hobbley_Farm]

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They told me that they wont send guineas with the order because the guineas will peck the feet off the other chickens? I didn't get any guineas in my order