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Hello from South Dakota and
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, Alley!! Thank you for joining the BYC flock.
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redsoxs said:
I just received a dozen baby chicks from Ideal last Thursday. All arrived happy and healthy. It was the 3rd time I've used them - twice chickens, once for ducks. I really like them. My only only hesitation would be that Ideal is in Texas and you are in NY. Long trip. Murray McMurray out of Iowa would be a little closer...might be the difference between an extra day in the mail. Here's the link to breeders and hatcheries. Maybe you can find something closer...biggest issue might be time of year. Seems like primarily the bigger outfits are the only ones selling chicks this time of year, whereas spring and summer everyone is. https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/16/chicken-breeders-hatcheries
Good luck to you, Alley! :)
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Thanks for the info! I know NY is hot this time of year, but it's starting to cool down (September is only a week away), so I'll have to see if the temperature will be too high for the chicks to arrive safely.

- Alley
 
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Alley101 said:
Thanks for the info! I know NY is hot this time of year, but it's starting to cool down (September is only a week away), so I'll have to see if the temperature will be too high for the chicks to arrive safely.

- Alley
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With shipping and baby chicks, too cool is actuallyworse than too warm. Sometimes post offices, out of the good pieces of their hearts, will take a shipping box of happy, cheeping chicks off the roasting hot postal truck and place th near the AC vent, thinking they need to cool off. At a day to a couple weeks old they are very susceptible to cold and even cool and many chicks have died as a result. Guess what I'm saying is, it's not too early to order from Texas.
 
redsoxs said:
With shipping and baby chicks, too cool is actuallyworse than too warm. Sometimes post offices, out of the good pieces of their hearts, will take a shipping box of happy, cheeping chicks off the roasting hot postal truck and place th near the AC vent, thinking they need to cool off. At a day to a couple weeks old they are very susceptible to cold and even cool and many chicks have died as a result. Guess what I'm saying is, it's not too early to order from Texas.
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Okay, thanks! I've been waiting a very long time (years, actually) to start my first flock and I'm very excited at the prospect of doing so!
Chicks are adorable!!!! I was thinking some (2) RIR's, a silkie bantam (1) , a Brown Leghorn rooster (1) , some Plymouth barred rocks (2)! Everyone will be a hen including (hopefully) the silkie. They only sell straight run, and silkies are quite expensive. I don't want the silkie to feel like the odd one out, so should I kill this idea altogether? I love silkies! <3 I really want some egg producing chickens for my first flock. I love the chickens, and I'd love to collect some breakfast eggs from them daily!

Another thing is, my neighborhood is quite rural and sound travels easily. A rooster's crow can wake up the whole neighborhood! This is why I feel if the sound is too loud, I'll have to make my own DIY Rooster No-Crow Collar, which isn't hard to make at all.

Thanks!

- Alley
 

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