Chick days @ Tractor Supply

My local TSC gets their first shipment this Wednesday! I'm so excited! I have chicks/ducklings coming from Ideal on Thursday. This place is about to be overrun with baby animals!!
 
mine is suppose to be getting theirs tomorrow! going to be calling first thing in the morning :D i just lost my favorite hen tonight (she was super sick :'( ) so i think i am in need of some super fluffy things to cuddle...
 
mine tsc gets their chicks and ducklings on monday the 25th.im going to get 6 chicks and 3 ducks i have my brooder mostly ready its 4x4 and i split it in half one side or ducks and one or chicks . i put the chicks waterer and feeder in the one half for the chicks. idk how to care for baby ducks do you take care of them like baby chicks or i had a friend who got two little dishes they put water in one and a water feed mix which should i do, im planning on getting campbell or swedish
 
Raise them like chicks! Only make sure the water is wide enough for the them to get their bill in. But don't let them swim, baby ducks can and will drowned, if you want to watch them swim fill a sink or small container with luke warm water and let them swim about 10-20 mins every once in a while. Don't feed them medicated chick starter, just regular chick started. And be warned you will be cleaning the brooder Alot, ducks are meesy and get everything wet. But they are super fun and can go outside much quicker than chicks :)
 
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mine tsc gets their chicks and ducklings on monday the 25th.im going to get 6 chicks and 3 ducks i have my brooder mostly ready its 4x4 and i split it in half one side or ducks and one or chicks . i put the chicks waterer and feeder in the one half for the chicks. idk how to care for baby ducks do you take care of them like baby chicks or i had a friend who got two little dishes they put water in one and a water feed mix which should i do, im planning on getting campbell or swedish
Go to the duck forum and do some research. Ducklings do have some different care requirements than chicks. Research beforehand. You can browse through the duck forum and see how many people lose ducklings because they are not prepared.
If you want a specific breed, make sure that you can ID it by looking as many TSC don't mark their duckling breeds and many get assortments. You will likely end up with straight run ducklings so be prepared as you could end up with 2 or 3 drakes. Drakes without enough ducks will try to breed your chickens and it is dangerous or deadly for the chicken. Too many drakes will overbreed a duck and can kill her too.
 
im after campbell and or swedish i might end up getting more then 3 i really havet decided and campbell are the only completley brown one at tsc. so i can feed them dry chick feed in a chick feeder, but get a small dish thing for ater
 
the website says chick days start today
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You definitely need to talk to the person that does the ordering at your specific Tractor Supply. Don’t just talk to anyone there, talk to the person that does the ordering for any specific information. One of the other employees might be able to tell you something basic like when they are expected, but then they might get it wrong and you can miss it.

Not all Tractor Supplies get their chicks from the same hatchery. Not all order the same types of chicks. Some will order pullets, bantams, or something else and know enough to keep them separate from the regular straight run chicks. Some don’t. Some will order chicks once and it’s over with. Chick Days lasts less than a week at my local TSC. They have four bins: ducks, bantams, red chicks, and mixed chicks. No pullet bin. Some will keep getting new chicks for months and give you several options.

Some Tractor Supplies will let you order specific chicks as part of their big order and let you know when to come pick them up. That way you can get around the minimum shipping numbers some hatcheries have and the TSC takes the risk of chicks dying in transit. My TSC orders from McMurray and will order chicks for you, but those are delivered straight to your house and the McMurray minimums apply. I’m better off just ordering them myself and avoiding the TSC mark-up.

And you can check with the other feed stores. TSC is not the only ones that have Chick Days. My local Orscheln’s has a much better one that my local TSC.
You are so very lucky with your TS ordering from McMurray! They do the 3 different vaccines for the Marek's if it's ordered. You are 100% right about asking the person who has done the ordering and it is not out of the question to ask for copies of their invoices for the chicks.
 

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