hatchery - last orders date?

[Chelly]

Does anyone know when each of the hatcheries stop sending out baby chicks?
(Ideal, MM etc..)

Thanks

 

[PurpleChicken]

Most send out chicks year round. Specialty and game birds are more seasonal.

 

[Chelly]

Oh I hope so.....
I'm only going to be able to order in August or so, and a lot of those I see in MM catalog, say only shipped through July!
Some say October....
Perhaps that means those prices are only valid till that date, and perhaps I will get new reading material when a new catalog arrives!

 

[BirdBrain]

CHelly,
Why don't you go ahead and put in your order for what you want so they are not Sold Out when it gets to August. I would think that if you had your order in "first" you would stand a better shot at getting what you want. With most hatcheries you can choose your delivery date.

 

[joanna]

I would think the intense heat of an august delivery date would only add uneccessary stress to the babies.

I know that our local feed store sells chicks in the spring & again in the fall, but not in the "summer". It's kind of nice though because they put the chicken stuff on sale about now, so I can replace feeders and such while saving a little $.

JMHO

 

[Chelly]

I don't want to order right now - as we're in California, moving to Nebraska at the end of july-ish... no set date, we will also have to build the coop etc...
I'm terrified I will order and they'll arrive and I won't be ready for them.
I want to get them as soon as I can so they're grown before it gets freezing cold out there. I've never lived where there is snow, so that concerns me.

 

[Judymae]

I just got an order of chickies from Ideal and on the packing slip it said 'Hatching Year Round'. I do know that they run out of certain breeds. I had ordered golden campines and Iwanted to add more after I made the initial order but they had sold out. I still got the originial order just no extras. Some of their breeds said sold out til 2008.

 

[Chelly]

Wow, I'm assuming then if they're sold out till 2008 on certain breeds, then people are ordering WELL in advance!

Perhaps I should order soon......... I'm just, well...chicken!