Farm chatter

[MysteryChicken]

It's because they're fancy I guess

They're hard to get.

 

[MysteryChicken]

ewww no TSC, use a hatchery

A good hatchery like Meyer's Hatchery.

If you lose any chicks due to shipping stress, they send you new replacements free.

If any are sexed wrong, they give a refund.

 

[riss]

Okay, but you'll be missing out on the birds I breed. I hatch silkies in the spring to sell, or at least try to sell.

True but it's an 8 hour roundtrip for me to do that just for chicks

 

[riss]

ewww no TSC, use a hatchery

I know tsc has bad rep but I rather just go for more convience

 

[MysteryChicken]

True but it's an 8 hour roundtrip for me to do that just for chicks

Someone from another state, can't remember where, is willing to travel for LF silkies.

 

[riss]

Someone from another state, can't remember where, is willing to travel for LF silkies.

That's their choice but I wouldn't That would be like $50 of gas for me

 

[MysteryChicken]

That's their choice but I wouldn't That would be like $50 of gas for me

$50 is better then $200.

 

[riss]

$50 is better then $200.

I'm just looking for simple chicks that's why I planned on tsc

 

[black_cat]

I'm just looking for simple chicks that's why I planned on tsc

I personally wouldn't use tsc because breeds are really important to me, and I'd like to avoid accidental roosters.

 

[Sally PB]

Maybe you two could meet in the middle...?

TSC near me uses Townline Hatchery in Zeeland. So does a feed store near me too.

The chicks I got there last year (March 2020) seem to be ok, for quality. Definitely not anything to show. 3 Black Australorps who are now hens, and a Buff Orp who is my roo.

The chicks I got this last June were from The Chick Depot, because I wanted Blue Australorps. I only got 2, because that's all that hatched successfully for my pickup date. So I got 2 Jubilee Orps because that's all she had that were the same hatch date that were sexed pullets. One of the Jubilees died the first night, unfortunately.

It will be interesting to see the differences between the two sources of chickens when the pullets are older and laying.