Cost of Cornish rock chicks

[AimsChickies]

I have been looking at several hatcheries since thinking about raising some for meat for my family. There is a local who hatches and sells them for $3 each...i know there wouldnt be shipping involved, but still....isn't that a bit much?

 

[fasbendera]

Yikes! Check out Hoovers Hatchery we got our Cornish Cross Broilers through and they were $.80 for SR. They have a website. I saw Cronish and I assumed you were doing meat birds but it is a place to start. Very helpful sales people.

 

[HidingInTheHenHouse]

Are you sure they are Cornish Rock chicks? From what I understand, the hatcheries have very specialized breeding strains to produce the Cornish Rocks, and hatching your own at home is not something most people could do.

Yes, $3.00 a chick is way too much. Look at Welp

http://www.welphatchery.com/cornish_rock.asp

That is including shipping. I always order from them and have had excellent results.

 

[AimsChickies]

Thanks guys! Appreciate the info, i knew it sounded steep.

 

[cassie]

Murray sells them at $43.00, ($1.72 each) plus shipping. Their BBQ Special which is all meat chicks is $37.75 or $1.51 each plus shipping. Murray also has a Frying Pan Special which is males from the layer breeds. It is cheap but you don't want that.

 

[UncleHoot]

Keep in mind that most hatcheries require you to buy at least 25 chicks at a time. If you only want 4 or 5, for instance, you might as well buy from the local guy, assuming that he's actually selling the same variety (of which I have my doubts).

 

[OSUman]

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I thought that they were laying hybrids only

 

[kingmt]

Meyers hatchery is a little piece from you but they have 30 Cornish Rocks for $36.90 including shipping.