So do you just ask the hatcheries were they are getting their eggs from? I noticed a huge difference in the chicks I order from Ideal and those from Hoovers. Hoovers chicks are hearty and large, Ideals were small and sickly they ones that made it. So now I am wonder what the heck? We ordered other chicks from another hatchery either Welps or Myers and those also were better chicks than ideals bunch. I was thinking of ordering some laying ducks from a hatchery which shows their flocks on their website(*guess they are a smaller hatchery plus have great pricing). So how does one tactfully ask them about who and were they get their eggs from?????