Chicken scratch poultry

[JacinLarkwell]

Mine are doing great. Lost a chick after a few weeks from a huddle pile, but that was the only loss. Everyone else is healthy looking and I got some extras taken too.

 

[LittleFluffMom]

Has anyone had luck with started pullets From Chicken Scratch Poultry?
I ordered 4, and now have found some pretty negative reviews….kind of concerned at this point.

I know this is an old thread, but if anyone is still interested in a review from Chicken Scratch Poultry...

I have Black Copper Marans, Cream Crested Legbars, and 55 Flowery hens from Chicken Scratch Poultry. Angie is lovely to deal with. I will say, her birds are reasonably priced and on the higher quality end.

I will note the Legbar eggs having more green tint than I want but the birds themselves are exceptional. The Marans eggs have a lovely brown, more 4-6 with an occasional 7 on the color scale, tending to fade and speckle with age. The quality of the Marans birds has been fair. One of the roosters recieved was all black and they all tend to be lanky with large combs.

The 55 Flowery laid large white eggs very regularly. She's also quite pretty.

All in all, the birds were very healthy and on their site they say they regularly test for different diseases chickens are susceptible to. I'm considering ordering more Cream Crested Legbars if I can't find a bluer line that matches the bird quality I got from her.

The two roosters eating together are father (black) and son. I'm planning to cull the father this spring in favor of his son.

The 2 darkest eggs are from a Marans from a different breeder.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I know this is an old thread, but if anyone is still interested in a review from Chicken Scratch Poultry...

I have Black Copper Marans, Cream Crested Legbars, and 55 Flowery hens from Chicken Scratch Poultry. Angie is lovely to deal with. I will say, her birds are reasonably priced and on the higher quality end.

I will note the Legbar eggs having more green tint than I want but the birds themselves are exceptional. The Marans eggs have a lovely brown, more 4-6 with an occasional 7 on the color scale, tending to fade and speckle with age. The quality of the Marans birds has been fair. One of the roosters recieved was all black and they all tend to be lanky with large combs.

The 55 Flowery laid large white eggs very regularly. She's also quite pretty.

All in all, the birds were very healthy and on their site they say they regularly test for different diseases chickens are susceptible to. I'm considering ordering more Cream Crested Legbars if I can't find a bluer line that matches the bird quality I got from her.

The two roosters eating together are father (black) and son. I'm planning to cull the father this spring in favor of his son.

The 2 darkest eggs are from a Marans from a different breeder.

Might have gotten araucana eggs yesterday. Still waiting on my marans to lay hers though

 

[NaperLix]

All 8 of mine had Mareks.All pullets.
4 then 1 year later ,4 more .She said it was a fluke of bad luck.
first 4 all heart Mareks .all lived 1 year.one had no eggs,3 had eggs,then stopped.
Second four are alive,at 21/2.one is mostly blind,came that way,and got paralyzed ( later 2 weeks)was treated lot Mobil abx,and if present she gets more.
One has permanent weak legs, but, gets areound,no eggs.
2 must stay daily on Mobil to keep symptoms at bay.the other 3 have eggs sporadically.
That farm does not incubate after Mareks vaccine so ,it is useless.
I have NEVER had one Mareks on any of my properly. Vaccinated hens.
All 8 came with serious bought caccioosis ,need sulfa 2 days,gone.Mites as well.
Remember,Mareks never leaves a farm.She admitted she knew why I had problems,told me after second batch that there was Mareks commonly.
Besides being so cruel to all she breeds,it takes a terrible toll on those who care for them so much…

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That farm does not incubate after Mareks vaccine so ,it is useless.

What do you mean, incubate after the vaccine?

 

[Sneakyturtle]

All 8 of mine had Mareks.All pullets.
4 then 1 year later ,4 more .She said it was a fluke of bad luck.
first 4 all heart Mareks .all lived 1 year.one had no eggs,3 had eggs,then stopped.
Second four are alive,at 21/2.one is mostly blind,came that way,and got paralyzed ( later 2 weeks)was treated lot Mobil abx,and if present she gets more.
One has permanent weak legs, but, gets areound,no eggs.
2 must stay daily on Mobil to keep symptoms at bay.the other 3 have eggs sporadically.
That farm does not incubate after Mareks vaccine so ,it is useless.
I have NEVER had one Mareks on any of my properly. Vaccinated hens.
All 8 came with serious bought caccioosis ,need sulfa 2 days,gone.Mites as well.
Remember,Mareks never leaves a farm.She admitted she knew why I had problems,told me after second batch that there was Mareks commonly.
Besides being so cruel to all she breeds,it takes a terrible toll on those who care for them so much…

That doesn't surprise me, i had some die from Mareks in a flock that I put my pullets I got from her with. My other birds in different pastures have never gotten mareks so I suspected it was her birds

 

[NaperLix]

To sharkboy,
10-14 days with no contamination after vaccine.
isolated,not fed or visited by people with other chickens.
If I get 1 days old vaccinated,!,they spend 3 weeks ,apart from main area of adult chickens,I do extra week.but,even 10 days is pretty good.
I must wash change clothes before visiting vaccinted chicks 3 weeks,then their immunity should be good.I keep in upstairs bedroom door closed,window closed too.You visit morning,clean,then later after changing.
they have never caught.
But,a farm that is covered in Mareks ,even 1 days could be contaminated by same person who does all chore.
Better to buy big hatchery,they much stricter protocol.Usually workers can’t own chickens.,if the place is any good.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

To sharkboy,
10-14 days with no contamination after vaccine.
isolated,not fed or visited by people with other chickens.
If I get 1 days old vaccinated,!,they spend 3 weeks ,apart from main area of adult chickens,I do extra week.but,even 10 days is pretty good.
I must wash change clothes before visiting vaccinted chicks 3 weeks,then their immunity should be good.I keep in upstairs bedroom door closed,window closed too.You visit morning,clean,then later after changing.
they have never caught.
But,a farm that is covered in Mareks ,even 1 days could be contaminated by same person who does all chore.
Better to buy big hatchery,they much stricter protocol.Usually workers can’t own chickens.,if the place is any good.

Yeah, but what does the vaccine have to do with incubating eggs after it's given?

 

[NaperLix]

Nothing,not eggs,incubation for devlopement of resistance from the vaccine.the quarentines time.one in same.
not eggs.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Nothing,not eggs,incubation for devlopement of resistance from the vaccine.the quarentines time.one in same.
not eggs.

Oh, okay. Misunderstanding on my part then