greenfire farms and whitmore farm

[turbo]

Greenfire will normally respond in a timely manner...you could try pming him here on BYC, i think his user name is Stonehenged...Paul is a nice guy. If I got that user name wrong, hopefully someone else will come on here and give the correct username.

 

[keesmom]

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I think it's stoneunhenged. Paul is indeed a nice guy. I got some Coronations from him 2 years ago. I believe he vacations in Montana from time to time (who wouldn't want to escape from Florida in July) so that could be why he hasn't responded yet.

 

[calgal98]

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I am getting a trio of swedish flowers from them this week. They must be very busy. It took a day or two for them to respond to emails. Very courteous and helpful when they did.

 

[EweSheep]

I can vouch for Whitmore Farms, very reputable with his Welsummers and Ameraucanas. I would not hesitate buying any from him!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Everything from Whitmore Farms has been great but it has been a few years since I dealt with him. The birds are still going strong though.

 

[calgal98]

My Swedish Flower chickens arrived. I ordered a trio and got 4. I think its an extra roo, but I'm happy. Birds are healthy appearing and curious. None the worse for being shipped. Thanks Greenfire!

 

[cukooformarans]

I looked at Greenfire's page. How do they get 99.00 for one baby chick?

 

[EweSheep]

That is the price he wants for them and what he thinks they are worth.

 

[cukooformarans]

Yes, but since I see other people talking about having Greenfire stock, I am assuming that other people think that, too. What I am wondering is what sets them apart from other breeders/birds. I'm sorry, I probably should have worded it that way to begin with. Are they that much closer to standards than other birds? Does he feed them all organically? I've seen other breeders who do those things, but I've never seen a day old chick sell for that much. What is so special about them??

 

[EweSheep]

Good questions but I think you may have to ask him about that. I am sure he will be happy to answer them. The only thing I can think of, for Greenfire, he has imported birds so it was very expensive to import and get some chicks out of them. I am sure they are very close to standards with a few faults which he can work with.

You don't have to buy the chicks at his price, you can find a few breeders that are using Greenfire Farm lines on their birds for a lot less and it is a hit or miss there. Probably not all that much different than Greenfire's original birds.