Lame question about ordering chicks....

[chilisweet]

So I'm at Ideal Hatchery and I want chicks, not eggs. I'm having a hard time figuring out what exactly I am getting (not meaning the breed). Anyone familiar with Ideal want to help me out?

I want the Wyndotte assorted package (lol).

Thanks,
~Caran

 

[fullhouse]

Assorted will give you whatever colors they have left. If you want certain colors, order them by color.

 

[LoneCowboy]

Have you ever had Wyandottes? Mine are kinda noisy and stand offish and a pain in the butt to get back in the coop, but that's just me.

I'm not sure what the question is, what do you what are you getting?

 

[LoneCowboy]

Oh yeah Fullhouse is right, the fill the orders they have then whatever over hatch from what was expected is what you will get.

 

[chilisweet]

Thanks for the info about leftovers...I hadn't thought about that.

But what I meant was, I can't tell if I'm ordering eggs or chicks....The link I clicked was on Hatching Eggs, so I'm assuming I'm getting eggs, but then there is no other option to order chicks. Arggg websites frustrate me!!

~Caran

 

[chilisweet]

My husband is obsessed with wyndottes because of their coloring. He's a wildlife/bird photographer and he sees everything from that point of view. I can just see it now, we will replace our wild bird pictures in our house with wyndotte pictures!

Also, from what we've read, they are good egg layers, and are mellow birds that can withstand a cold winter. Thats what we need.

~Caran

 

[vicki2x2]

I love my wyandotte's and they put themselves to bed every night. I just come along and close the door. I prefer their rose comb to the big single combs, especially since it is so cold here.

I checked out Ideal, click on Standard Poultry, then click on assortments of standard chickens, then scroll down to Wyandotte assortments. You have a choice of st. run, pullets or cockerals. Hope that helps!

 

[gritsar]

This first link is to the chick page for wyandottes on Ideal's website:

https://secuservices.com/ideal/newideal/Products.aspx?Category=Wyandottes

This second link is to Henderson's Chicken Chart, so you can research other beautiful (photogenic?) breeds that meet your requirements of good laying, mellow chickens that are winter hardy. Good luck!


http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

 

[LoneCowboy]

I think Wyandottes are beautiful, but I'm just not having much luck with them. I might have gotten a few bad ones. They are fragile I've lost 2 of them and they are the only ones of my orginal girls I've lost. The other girls pick on them terrible, they have totally bare backs. I've moved the offenders, but still not growing their feathers back yet. The whole experience has really ruined me for Wyandottes. Oh, and one of them almost never lays.

Having said that, I still want some blue laced reds.

Yes, just because they are beautiful.