I made a HORRIBLE mistake ordering from a hatchery! (Graphic Photos)

[Skyeknight]

Feed stores like TSC get chicks shipped in in huge quantities.

Yeah, meaning you remove the problem of dead chicks arriving at your home. Since you can pick up the healthy chicks that have already been shipped. The shipping of chicks isn't going to dissappear in America. It's way too convenient for that. So if you don't want to deal with possible dead chicks arriving find a way where you don't have to.

 

[Airyaman]

I can tell the rush to buy chicks is over. When they first started shipping into TSC, they were also making it to the local co-op. Both places were gone before I could make it there. Last night I stopped in and they had chicks from the day before and that hasn't been happening. Of course, the Nascar race is also in town this weekend so who knows.

 

[No Coop No Problem]

Not everyone can have a rooster....zoning/ restrictions etc. That puts hatching out of the question.

So sell the males, give them away or kill them. Hatcheries don't magically hatch 90% females. They kill their excess male population

People that avoid killing by ordering females only export the killing to someone else

I've never ordered chicks nor eggs through the mail, but hatching eggs seem like the most humane option to me. That way there's no risk of baby animals dying horrendously in the mail

 

[Chicken Heel]

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I can tell the rush to buy chicks is over. When they first started shipping into TSC, they were also making it to the local co-op. Both places were gone before I could make it there. Last night I stopped in and they had chicks from the day before and that hasn't been happening. Of course, the Nascar race is also in town this weekend so who knows.

Same in our area as there were even African goslings in the South Boston, VA TSC. I don’t recall ever seeing them in any TSC before. And it was very hard not to get every single one because they were absolutely adorable.

 

[21hens-incharge]

My order shipped yesterday and arrived today!
They included 2 extras. One of which did not make it unfortunately.
Including required picture of fuzzy butts!

 

[Iluveggers]

My order shipped yesterday and arrived today!
They included 2 extras. One of which did not make it unfortunately.
Including required picture of fuzzy butts!

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What are they? So cute! Where did they arrive from? Congratulations!

 

[21hens-incharge]

What are they? So cute! Where did they arrive from? Congratulations!

They are Bantam cochins. I ordered 5 sexed partridge, 5 black and 5 birchen.
They traveled from Cackle hatchery in Lebanon MO to northern Colorado.
The hatchery included a heat pack and 2 extra black cochins.

I am extremely pleased they arrived so quickly with only one lost.

 

[TarikNecefli]

DIY Smart Egg Incubator – AI-assisted Project


I’m currently building a 35-egg capacity incubator using a 60×40×29 cm plastic box, controlled by a relay-thermostat system. It includes:

• A 220V automatic egg turner,
• 12V circulation fan (top-mounted, blowing upward),
• Lid-mounted heating system using a blanket resistor,
• 24V ultrasonic mist atomizer placed outside the chamber (connected via spiral hose),
• A horizontal control unit (panel) with manual override switches for 3 core modules,
• All wiring hidden through under-mounted dual conduit openings,
• Emergency-safe “kettle-style” power contact system between the lid and chamber (no cable disconnecting needed when lifting the lid),
• Air circulation/vent holes and thermal zones carefully modeled,
• Full AI collaboration on design, thermal layout, and functionality logic.

This project is co-developed with ChatGPT — not to replace the fun of experimenting, but to enhance safety, design, and learning.


Future hobbyists or educators can replicate this easily, and modify it freely.

 

[McChooky]

Phase two of chicken hobbists, extended 2020 edition. Learn to breed your own chicks. Cities will return to the old ways.

The new chicks will replace my current flock of 12 hens that all different breeds and ages(some too old to breed) I hope they'll go broody and raise my next batch of chicks so I don't have to buy any more soon. Its taken me 3 yrs to get to this point.