Hatchery advice?!

[Chicken0Boy]

I want to get silkies and D'Uccles (Delawares and Easter Eggers too , but most of all those 2 breed)! Were is the best place to get them for their quality? I know hatcheries don't sell birds for quality buit there is no breeder for the birds I want around here soooo....... I got to go with hatchery.

 

[Gonzo]

See who's closest to you, then check out their rep. on here. That would be a good place to start.

On another post they're talking about superior farms... They are a little pricy though!

 

[Chicken0Boy]

I checked that out and thats to much for me to pay and I would have to get 25

 

[prov31gal]

i wouldnt go so far as to say that a hatchery does not breed for quality, they have to maintain some sort of quality, and stay to some degree pretty close to the breed standards so they can sell good birds, i mean, most hatcheries (most) breed the best exmples of their flocks to get the best possible offspring to sell to us. if they didnt there birds wouldnt be anygood at all, and no on one would buy. sure if you want superior show birds, then buy from a breeder who breeds small numbers,culling and keeping only very select birds (in most cases, not all)that conform absolutely perfectly to breed standards without flaw.not all the breeders birds in a hatch will turn out that way, there will be some degree of variation in even selct hatches from select breeder flocks.and you must remember they keep the absolute best of an entire hatch and cull the rest. its the same princible with hatcheries,but they breed on a larger scale, and though adhering to basic standards for a particular bird, it wouldnt be practical or profitable to cull everything that isnt purest perfection. but you can still get good birds, quality , attractive , healthy ,breed recognizeable, lower scale showing birds from a hatchery.
i think alot of hatchery stock gets a bum rap. no ,you probably wont get the truest perfection out of hatchery stock, but is that really a bad thing? i am happy with my hatchery birds, many people are. they are attractive, look like they are supposed to, healthy, and produce well.
im not bashing anyone, there are some hatcheries, i have 1 in particular in mind, who dont seem to care much how there mixed up inbred, sickly birds come out, because theyve been around and people know the name, so they keep buying.thats sad. but many places are not that way.
its the people wo say...............uuugggghhhhh...you got birds from a 'HATCHERY"....yuck, blahhhh. youre birds must be worthless lice ridden crossbeaked crossbred mutts who wont lay and will die in an hour. or they stick their nose waaaay up in the air and say...oh, hatchery birds, anyway i actually do have porceline d'uccles, mine are actual birds of that breed, yours are just ---uuuhhhhhgggghhh-hatchery birds.
if you have the money, spend 100 bucks on a bird to show at national high dollar huge poulty shows, go for it.lots of people do thatand have terriffic fun! but you can still get good birds from a hatchery and be pleased,they can supply you with good eggs , meat or just look pretty in your yard . ok, rant over.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

Thanks For All That, But Wich Hatchery Would You Recomend