Hello!
I live in California in the SF bay area and am looking for a place to buy broiler chicks (preferably Cornish cross). The only aces I can find are California hatery and places like it, but I'd rather buy from someone local. Anyone know of a humane place to get broiler chicks?
Thanks!
Check Craigslist and Facebook, for someone maybe selling/hatching them.
We have a local sorta farmers market that carries all sorts of poultry, yes they are shipped to them, but at least they are dayS old, alive, etc.
TSC also carries them, also shipped but you can pick out lively one's and sometimes if they don't sell quick you see deals on week or more old chicks that they have paid $$ to feed on sale for half price or less.
If you get shipped, I noticed, like 'lomine' said above, Meyer hatchery has free shipping on them for 25 or more. Cheapest I'm not sure which if you figure Meyer free shipping, Meyer is $2.25ea st run, Schlecht hatchery is $1.25ea, not sure the cost of shipping for them, have to call them to order.
Another option if you want to hatch your own, Dunlap hatchery sells Cornish X hatching eggs the cheapest I've seen, was .95cents, now I see they are a $1. Their website has changed, a mess right now, was $14 shipping on first dz, $3 dz after that, not sure now hard to navigate their website with the change and I don't see it.
Hatching eggs is a gamble though.
If you get shipped, closer the better.
Good luck!
