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No. Hatchery chicks are not really that bad. I have both. I have ordered from four different breeders and four different hatcheries, if I'm remembering correctly. This year, two crossed beaks and one was from a hatchery and one was from a breeder. Go figure. From one breeder: lost over 10 in just days and also lots of leg problems where the feet turn out. They walk like they have flippers on. Once, I think about it, I've had better luck with hatchery shipments and birds.
Seriously, you could never get the wide variety of chicks that you are getting all at once from multiple expert breeders. And finding the breeders would be work. Then sending off the checks or PayPal-ing 6-7 different breeders would be even more effort. Then picking them up at the post office, each of the 6-7 shipments, getting the timing right, so that you could brood and raise them all together at the same time. It's just not worth it. Besides, some breeders just would not sell to you because you don't care enough about the breed they happen to be working with. So, there ya' go. Even if you did try to buy some breeder's birds, you would be rejected because you don't cut the mustard. Sometimes you've really got to love that breed before the breeder will sell to you. Plus, you're new-ish and they would think that you didn't have enough experience. Not all of them, but some would feel that way.
You have a really fun batch of chickies coming. I'm sure you'll enjoy them and their eggs. Don't let folks who are down on hatchery birds make you feel like your little chickies are inferior or that you are a loser or a lowlife or that you don't understand quality because you chose hatchery birds. Sometimes it's just a form of snobbery, pure and simple. Each type of bird has a purpose. And there's a time for hatchery and a time for breeder birds. I'm just glad they don't make us tell what kind of vehicles we drive 'cause mine's not a Landrover or a Lambourghini. Yeah, I don't know how to spell that.
You may be able to find similar threads from the past on this same exact subject because this subject comes up often enough because there's always someone out there telling folks they won't be happy with hatchery birds. I'm ecstatic with my hatchery birds. Overall I've been disappointed with my birds from breeders, but it could be because I expect a better product and don't seem to get it.
No. Hatchery chicks are not really that bad. I have both. I have ordered from four different breeders and four different hatcheries, if I'm remembering correctly. This year, two crossed beaks and one was from a hatchery and one was from a breeder. Go figure. From one breeder: lost over 10 in just days and also lots of leg problems where the feet turn out. They walk like they have flippers on. Once, I think about it, I've had better luck with hatchery shipments and birds.
Seriously, you could never get the wide variety of chicks that you are getting all at once from multiple expert breeders. And finding the breeders would be work. Then sending off the checks or PayPal-ing 6-7 different breeders would be even more effort. Then picking them up at the post office, each of the 6-7 shipments, getting the timing right, so that you could brood and raise them all together at the same time. It's just not worth it. Besides, some breeders just would not sell to you because you don't care enough about the breed they happen to be working with. So, there ya' go. Even if you did try to buy some breeder's birds, you would be rejected because you don't cut the mustard. Sometimes you've really got to love that breed before the breeder will sell to you. Plus, you're new-ish and they would think that you didn't have enough experience. Not all of them, but some would feel that way.
You have a really fun batch of chickies coming. I'm sure you'll enjoy them and their eggs. Don't let folks who are down on hatchery birds make you feel like your little chickies are inferior or that you are a loser or a lowlife or that you don't understand quality because you chose hatchery birds. Sometimes it's just a form of snobbery, pure and simple. Each type of bird has a purpose. And there's a time for hatchery and a time for breeder birds. I'm just glad they don't make us tell what kind of vehicles we drive 'cause mine's not a Landrover or a Lambourghini. Yeah, I don't know how to spell that.
You may be able to find similar threads from the past on this same exact subject because this subject comes up often enough because there's always someone out there telling folks they won't be happy with hatchery birds. I'm ecstatic with my hatchery birds. Overall I've been disappointed with my birds from breeders, but it could be because I expect a better product and don't seem to get it.
