Going to try again

[jaku]

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Order 'em up. The heat of the summer will kill them before two days of (possibly) being in the cold- where they will be huddled together and indoors a lot of the time anyways. Plus, just accept that you might lose a few- if you get them too late and they get too hot, you're going to lose them when they're grown and you've spent all the time and money feeding and housing them. Then you'll be stuck in a dilemma of whether you should butcher your six week old birds because you're afraid that they'll keep dying, or you've got hot temps in the forcast so you have to worry, etc.

In my opinion, it's a lot easier to (potentially) have a few die in transit than lose them when you've raised them and they are actually starting to look like meat. Plus, if they do die in transit, the hatchery will replace them anyway!

 

[Brunty_Farms]

OH.... I see

Get them from a southern hatchery and you shouldn't have any problems. I know here in Ohio Meyers ships there poultry in "winter" boxes and have minimal loses.

I don't advise ordering them in the last cold spell we had but the chicks can handle 30 degree shipping with no problem. Just make sure you get at least 50-100

 

[obsessed]

I am in South East Louisiana and I ordered 25 for Feb 9th. This will be my first time so I have not advice. And this is my first February in the south so I have no clue. But it has been warm here, except for last week.
I have read all the post. I have read numerous books. And after two full years researching I can do it.

 

[becky3086]

Thank you, that is good advice. I will look for a southern hatchery and go ahead and get them early if I can anyway.