In Search of Chick Hatcheries

[sunflowers074]

What are some good chick hatcheries that have good pure bred breeds and reasonable prices? Thank you!

 

[Spartan22]

Depends on where you are located, I normally like buying from a breeder or hatcheries closed by so not a long travel trip for chicks. Another thing to consider is what are your goals for having chicks? Eggs, Pets? Breeding, meat? Or all of the above?

Where I am, which is Ohio, Meyers Hatchery is pretty close, there’s also Mt. Healthy few hours away. Purely Poultry is an awesome business. Then there’s Hoover and McMurray hatcheries. On good breeder, I normally recommend Brinkhaven Acres (Ohio), they got outstanding stock but on a pricier side in comparison to hatcheries.

 

[kwhites634]

What are some good chick hatcheries that have good pure bred breeds and reasonable prices? Thank you!

Any particular region, or will anywhere be fine?

 

[sunflowers074]

Any particular region, or will anywhere be fine?

Anywhere should be fine

 

[kwhites634]

Anywhere should be fine

Deer Run Farm, in Emmitsburg, MD...I don't have their phone #handy right now, but a search will find it. I gave $30 for a dozen BCM eggs a couple months ago.

 

[GeneGoddess]

We bought from Deer Run. They were very nice and the chicks are doing well. But I think they are not hatching again until the fall.

 

[Kessel23]

I have only ordered from McMurray and I HAD over a decade of good experience with them but that was ruined this year when they gave me a unwanted rooster and when 11 of my "sexed pullets" turned out to be roosters

I have not gotten birds from any other hatchery yet so I can not recommend from experience but @The Phantom has recommended My Pet chicken to me before, I am sure she will have good things to say about them and other suggestions for places to get chicks.

 

[The Phantom]

I have only ordered from McMurray and I HAD over a decade of good experience with them but that was ruined this year when they gave me a unwanted rooster and when 11 of my "sexed pullets" turned out to be roosters
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I have not gotten birds from any other hatchery yet so I can not recommend from experience but @The Phantom has recommended My Pet chicken to me before, I am sure she will have good things to say about them and other suggestions for places to get chicks.

I have ordered from MPC and Meyer hatchery. No issues no extras. Lol. I also got 5 female bantam chicks from MPC and they were all hens. They all arrived on time and did not loose a single one.

 

[av8torcrj]

Best prices: Ideal Poultry Weekly specials. Flash sales on hatch day have been as low as $1:59 for pullets, bantams .89€. Shipping is very reasonable.

 

[sunflowers074]

Thank you!