Cornish Cross sources and prices

[TimG]

It's time for me to start thinking about some Jumbo Cornish Crosses for this spring. A not too extensive search of the internet got me these:

McMurray $185.80
Cackle $142.00
eFowl $212.35
Welp $121.00
Townline $144.00
Strombergs $138.00*
Central Hatchery $77.00
Mt. Healthy $138.00
Moyer $99.00*
Sunnyside $95.00*^

All prices are for 100 straight run Jumbo Cornish crosses and include shipping (except for those with an * because I was unable to figure out what the shipping charge would be from their website). For some hatcheries, shipping varies by zone, where that matters I figured the price for shipping to me in Maine.

I left off some hatcheries that I had difficulty figuring out prices and how to order online. Have I missed any big options?

^ I sent a message to Sunnyside through their online contact page and got a "mail delivery failed" error.

Edited to add some hatcheries posters have pointed out that I missed.

Edited to add that Meyer's website currently lists Jumbo Cornish crosses as "not available".

 

[CoopCrazy]

Yeah you missed the biggest one .. centralhatchery.com. For 100 cornish x it is 65.00 plus delivery.. http://www.centralhatchery.com/pricelist.html I have heard some great things from others about them .. I am looking for someone close by to go in on an order with me..

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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Welp, has awesome lines.... plus shipping is included in their price. But I agree central is where it's at... price wise. But your missing Mt.Healthy, www.moyerschicks.com , meyers, and few others.

 

[Mimzie]

Thanks! I am hoping to get some cornish cross this spring too (first time!) so I'll need all the help i can get and this is a start

 

[TimG]

Does this image

from the Central Hatchery website make you feel good about the conditions there? Seems a bit crowded to me.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

sunnyside hatchery is where i get mine

$95 for 100 straight run
$106 for cockerels

being from Maine you will need to check about shipping costs

http://www.sunnysidehatchery.com/Pricing.php

the other you nedd to know is how they taste, and how well they grow, if you get cheep birds but more than 1/2 of them die they are not cheep anymore.

 

[CoopCrazy]

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May I ask where you found that pic.. I looked and didnt see it... I wonder if that was before there move.. I hope I am not assuming too much but it did seem rather rude the way you responded to that.. I would think if you were asking for advice you would be a lil kinder to those who offer it.. IMO

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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Tim, They are all like that. Every big hatchery, has the same kind of housing set up. The breeders are not free ranging over rich pastures, especially the cornish x breeders. Those breeders you showed in that pic look like a commercial flock that produces the Red Sex Link chicken...


It's the sad truth.. but cornish x breeding flocks are the worst. Almost every hatchery doesn't even mess with breeding the cornish rocks... they buy the eggs form big breeders. The only one that claims to have there own breeding stock is Ideal. ldeal has a picture of all of their barns on their website where the breeders are. That's a lot of barns and a lot of chickens... in tight quarters.... nothing that none of us are used to.

https://secuservices.com/ideal/about-us.htm

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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May I ask where you found that pic.. I looked and didnt see it... I wonder if that was before there move.. I hope I am not assuming too much but it did seem rather rude the way you responded to that.. I would think if you were asking for advice you would be a lil kinder to those who offer it.. IMO

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

 

[CoopCrazy]

Thanks Jeff .. I missed it.. I agree that most all of the photos I have seen look like that.. I will be getting mine from Central as I have heard many good things about them.. And the price is definitly right...