calling any one from missouri

[karenerwin]

I'm here in Jefferson County - 'bout 30 miles south of St. L. Just getting started - looking for good suppliers or will the local F & H store suffice?

I'm in Jefferson county as well. I go to Buchheit's in House Springs or the Dickey Bubb in Eureka between them I have found everything that I have needed.

 

[ocap]

I'm here in Jefferson County - 'bout 30 miles south of St. L. Just getting started - looking for good suppliers or will the local F & H store suffice?

if you have never had chickens before I recommend Cackle Hatchery. The chicks I got from there were healthy and I learned to keep them alive.

 

[Dry Creek Ranch]

I would recommend Cackle Hatchery also. Far better selection than your local store. Also I have had issues with chicks from local stores being all or majority males. With Cackle I have always got exactly what I ordered. I have ordered from Meyers Hatchery in Ohio but I did so in February and almost half the chicks froze to death by the time they arrived at my post office. Not Meyers fault and they refunded the dead chicks but they are just too far from Missouri to order in cold weather. Cackle is in Lebanon, MO so they do not have as far to go.

 

[alldembirds]

you could even pick up from cackle..

 

[microchick]

Or you can always look through the Missouri Poultry Yearbook at:

http://agriculture.mo.gov/animals/pdf/poultry_yearbook.pdf

And find a local breeder if you want to go that route. Somebody passed that source for chicks onto me and I was able to find a local breeder to work with. THANKS! BTW!

 

[Dry Creek Ranch]

I did that last march. I had a large order of chickens and ducks and the savings on shipping pretty much covered my gas. Plus it saved them the stress of going through the post office. Cackle adds an extra chick or duckling with every order of 15 and I had zero losses on the order I picked up. So with the extra chicks and ducklings I ended up saving money.

 

[ocap]

if you want eggs, hatchery chickens are a great choice.
if you want more meat on your chickens, then poultry yearbook would be my first recommendation and try and find someone who raises birds that meet the "Standard of Perfection".
Always a difficult decision, I might end up keeping both flocks because my "Standard" breeds lay fewer eggs in the fall and winter than the ones I bought from Cackle.
I also bought silkies for brooding, one of my silkie hens is on the nest trying to hatch her fifth brood and she is just short of two years old.

You can't have too many chickens

 

[potagergirl]

I'm here in Jefferson County - 'bout 30 miles south of St. L. Just getting started - looking for good suppliers or will the local F & H store suffice?

30 miles from st. Louis isn't far. I know they have a chicken meeting group in St. Louis we talked about it before I'll have to go back and look up the info.
That would be a great place to get information and start with chicks.
As for Cackle, I do agree. My original birds came from Cackle Hatchery. They were healthy when they arrived and have proved to be good strong birds.
The people are very nice and easy to work with. Cackle also has a store front where you can go pick chicks yourself. I think the open house they have is
once a year. They give tours and have fun things for the kids. Really something to look in to.

If you choose to go with your local F&H talk to them and find out where their birds come from so you know it is a good hatchery. Always ask lots of questions =)

Nice to have another chicken grower here!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Or you can always look through the Missouri Poultry Yearbook at:

http://agriculture.mo.gov/animals/pdf/poultry_yearbook.pdf

And find a local breeder if you want to go that route. Somebody passed that source for chicks onto me and I was able to find a local breeder to work with. THANKS! BTW!

You're welcome.

I did that last march. I had a large order of chickens and ducks and the savings on shipping pretty much covered my gas. Plus it saved them the stress of going through the post office. Cackle adds an extra chick or duckling with every order of 15 and I had zero losses on the order I picked up. So with the extra chicks and ducklings I ended up saving money.

And it's a nice drive.

30 miles from st. Louis isn't far. I know they have a chicken meeting group in St. Louis we talked about it before I'll have to go back and look up the info.
That would be a great place to get information and start with chicks.
As for Cackle, I do agree. My original birds came from Cackle Hatchery. They were healthy when they arrived and have proved to be good strong birds.
The people are very nice and easy to work with. Cackle also has a store front where you can go pick chicks yourself. I think the open house they have is
once a year. They give tours and have fun things for the kids. Really something to look in to.

If you choose to go with your local F&H talk to them and find out where their birds come from so you know it is a good hatchery. Always ask lots of questions =)

Nice to have another chicken grower here!

http://www.meetup.com/stlouischickens/

I'm one of the organizers. One must join to see content but we have members from all over the area, some up to 50 miles away. We started with coop tours but in the interest of bio-security, we mostly have other types of meetups now. I taught a processing class in the city last weekend. We have get togethers for breakfast, coffee, lunch, dinner, drinks all over the area to talk about our chickens. We have educational events at the humane society. We also gang up on city council meetings to support legalization.

 

[microchick]

I wish you guys were closer than St Louie.

It's about 175 miles from our farm. It sounds like a group that would be fun to be a part of.

Anybody know of any other groups in MO?

And I have a question for y'all.

Being that we will be paying personal property taxes on our flock next year, and understanding that the tax probably varies from county to county, does anybody know how much you are paying on average in taxes on your flock each year?