I got heavy production-breed pullets, RIR, BR, Speckled Sussex, Americana, Delaware, Buff Orp, & Partridge Rock. Each summer I get 30 chicks to raise up and show & sell at our county fair in January. There are a LOT of folks who come there looking to buy laying hens. Plus, they usually all win blue ribbons, even some trophies, and premiums for those. Last year a lot of folks were asking for Polish hens so I got some Gold- and Silver-Laced Polish pullets.
In the last photo, in the lower left, you can see the "free exotic chick" MMH sent. He's standing up tall and looking over his shoulder at the camera. I can't tell what he is, maybe a Silver Leghorn.
MMH seems to have changed the way they ship to my address, usually I get them on a Tues at a different Post Office. I was surprised to hear the message on my answering machine when I got home from church yesterday, and to pick them up at a different place. I think they came faster this way, many of them still have their egg tooth.
This morning they're all still as happy & healthy as ever! I took these photos last night. Since I wasn't expecting them so soon I didn't have straw ready for their bedding. I used sand from the kids' sandbox, it seems to be working well. The chicks have even been playing with the little toy soldiers that got dumped in accidentally, grabbing them & playing keep-away with them. My kids think that's really funny!
