central hatchery

[blue90292]

has anyone used or heard of this hatchery before?

http://www.centralhatchery.com/chicks.html

 

[skennedy]

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Never heard of them. Don't like the pictures of all the adult chickens crammed together without any sunlight or grass!

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

The only thing i see on the site that i know is hyline. Have 650 of them but got them directly from the hyline hatchery.

 

[kees]

What is hyline?

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

a commercial hatchery

 

[Donza]

Wow is that hatchery a normal one? Do all the chickens in these hatcheries have such dismal existences? Drawers of baby chicks - and stacks of laying hens? Those were some really sad photos.

Without a doubt when money and animals are involved together the animals always suffer. I don't think I'll ever be ordering from large hatcheries again.

Thanks for the wakeup call.

 

[Ace_king_brahma]

I've ordered from them. Great birds. Flaws? They take checks only. And make sure payment is in advanced as I had my check sent out a little late and my order was cancelled and was called and notified about it. After some explaining my order was put through though my original sil-go-links were sold to someone else and they scrambled and got me a huge mix of all their pullets and was given a few extras to make up for the mix up. Overall they are real nice hatchery. I have a 100 hundred RIR pullet order from them due this Wednesday or Thursday.

 

[blue90292]

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that's good to know. an acquaintance of mine is thinking of ordering 500 from them and wanted to know if i wanted to split some with him.

he says his RIRs are like the original birds, very big and lays well. i believe that's what we'll be ordering. please let us know how his birds look when you get them.

michele

 

[Ace_king_brahma]

I already had some come in my first order. There was about 20 but they didn't last long! My customers around here are RIR crazy! I tried to keep a few for myself but they were the first breed to sell out. I'm waiting on my big order should be tomorrow that they arrive.

 

[blue90292]

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so do you or your family speak german? and are you coming to texas chickenstock in san marcus??