I placed an order for my first meaties!

[itsy]

I just placed my first meatie order! Red Broiler (straight run) through Ideal. I only ordered 14 birds (I know, small potatos!)

I figure I need to start somewhere. AND... if they throw in some freebee males - I could eat them too.

I'm looking forward to this new adventure! I've been reading so much about your meat birds and watching so many videos... I'm dreaming about them!

 

[Denninmi]

Congrats. I was really debating, but I went ahead and ordered 25 Cornish X and 6 Broadbreasted Bronze turkeys from the local feed store. It will be an adventure. They come some day next week, probably Thursday since Monday is Memorial Day.

 

[ngamtnman]

I just placed my first order for Cornish Xs yesterday but they won't be here until early September. I will have a lot of regular breeds to process so I'm trying to work it out to where I can do them all at once. I look forward to it though, I've been reading on here a lot the past few hours, lol.

 

[Two Creeks Farm]

LOL, if you have them during the summer you will be the hit to anyone downwind LOL! Good luck!!

 

[ddcljc12]

Who do you get your meat birds from,, we have been looking into that also and was just about to buy from happy cackle, but I wanted to do some checking first, also do you get them vaccinated??

Lori

 

[al6517]

It's sure a long way to be shipped in the summer, all the way to NJ. I hope they do well.

 

[itsy]

Lori, Ideal is one of the sponsors on this site. I ordered them online through their hatchery. I didn't pay to have them vaccinated. I live on a large property and I'm ordering a small amount of birds. Their tractor will be moved daily, so I'm not as concerned with vaccinations. I also plan on feeding medicated in the beginning.

Thanks for all of the replies, y'all.

I hope that it's not too hot to ship them. Ideal didn't mention any sort of concern through our emails.

I can't wait to record and photograph my adventure. I'm sure I'll be posting a bit about them!

 

[Buster52]

I've had good luck with Ideal. They're good people.