How are breeds ordered from Ideal marked?

[InsaneBreeder]

It says in the order policy that they will be marked if I indicate such. So how are they marked? Also, are enough males for warmth included to make the number of chicks in the box 25, or is it a random number? Are they marked so you can distinguish them from the ones you paid for?

 

[wing it]

I ordered 12 chicks from them in the fall and they sent 20. 8 males for heat as far as marking all chicks I ordered were dark and heat chicks, Dellawares, are light . I don't know how they do it if you have a mix of light and dark

 

[InsaneBreeder]

I mean, how do they mark the ones you ordered, aside from the packing peanuts. Suppose I want to order several white bantam cochins and one white frizzled bantam cochin. Suppose that the frizzle chick is one of the 25% that does not display the frizzle gene but instead is a carrier. Both the frizzled and the flat-feathered chicks would be almost identical, but I would need to know which was which.

 

[elem]

I think they put a dab of ink/dye and provide a list of which colour is which breed/sex.

I've never ordered marked chicks but that is how I've seen them in pictures of other peoples chicks.

 

[gritsar]

They mark them on their forehead with a chick safe marker. The color on the forehead corresponds with the labels for each breed/sex on the shipping box. They only mark them if you request it.

 

[InsaneBreeder]

Okay, thanks for explaining it

 

[catdaddy66]

I got my order from Ideal and had not asked for any markings. One of the RIR's had a clear marker dot on the top of the head. So, we did all we could for her but the best we could do was... to call her Dot!!

 

[InsaneBreeder]

Quote:
How frighteningly original

 

[KathyK]

Here are mine as marked. Some on the head, some on the chest.

They were not that hard to tell apart, so I didn't need to have it done. Kinda messed up their baby pictures.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

If ever you get Black Jersey Giants and Australorps in the same order have them marked!

Otherwise you get to do compare and contrast of the bottoms of chick feet.

.....Alan.