Canadian Hatcheries

[katiemdenne]

I found a few Canadian hatcheries..... Performance Poultry & The Little Red Hen Hatchery sell Australorps. Now just to find a strain that actually produce eggs.

 

[cindyt]

Rochester Hatchery in AB has them this year.

 

[cindyt]

Does anyone know where I can get some Speckled Sussex in Western Canada? Miller Hatchery had them years ago, but they are pretty hard to find now.

 

[silversong]

And from the Maritimes, I'm on the search for Speckled Sussex I've found hatcheries online but I'm not looking to purchase from a large hatchery, would rather go to someone who is knowledgeable and breeding from quality stock. Any leads on this?

 

[3riverschick]

And from the Maritimes, I'm on the search for Speckled Sussex I've found hatcheries online but I'm not looking to purchase from a large hatchery, would rather go to someone who is knowledgeable and breeding from quality stock. Any leads on this?

Yes, there is a famous top quality Speckled Sussex breeder in Canada. His name is Brian. Nuts, what's his last name? His business has the name "River " in it. Just stunning Speckleds. Let me look it up, back in a moment..... Speckled, to truly appreciate this tough-to-breed color, need to be bought from a breeder. that tri-color plumage is tough to get right. hang on a sec....ah! here it is! :
English River Poultry
Brian Woods Stephane Laliberte
Email English River Poultry http://www.erpoultry.weebly.com
Howick, Quebec, Canada Standard: Speckled Sussex

See the English River Sussex hen in this captioned picture at the website above? "2013 Ontario Poultry Breeders' Champion of Show #33"
Now That! is what a quality Speckled Sussex should look like!! Just a stunning bird both in plumage pattern and body composition. She can be your hallmark when comparing against Speckled Sussex you find elsewhere. In non-poultry terms this bird won Best In Show. A wonderful win for a top quality hen. If Brian doesn't have any birds available, ask him if he will have started birds available when he downsizes his flock for winter, as many of us do. That would save you the time of raising chicks this year and put you on track to hatch chicks with the rest of us next Spring. If he still doesn't have anything available ask him for recommendations.
In Sussex, the body type characteristics are very closely aligned with production virtues. In other words, if it doesn't look like a Sussex in body type, it literally isn't a Sussex. All those attributes you see in this splendid hen are the same things that make her a fine egg and/or meat producer. The level long back, properly shaped head, depth of body, width of breast, even length and width of legs, and angle at which she carries her tail. The Sussex breed in all its varieties is a balancing act between a superb meat breed and a quality egg producer. You find that fine balance expressed in birds of this hen's quality.
Best Regards,
Karen in western Pennsylvania, USA

 

[silversong]

Wow, high praise Karen! Thank you, I appreciate the time and care in your words I will contact Brian and hopefully I can convince him to allow me to start with his Speckled Sussex. The hen pictured on his site is a beauty! Thank you again!

Jennifer
Prince Edward Island, Canada

 

[bwb518]

Hello. Just moved to northern Ontario, more specifically Manitoulin Island, and am looking for half a dozen or so chickens. Checked with our local feed store and all they have available for order are day old chicks. I was hoping to get some older birds. Can anyone, local assist? Willing to travel a reasonable distance.