Meat birds- purchased as eggs?

[Molpet]

It is recommended to use an incubator with shipped eggs

 

[gimmie birdies]

I buy chicks and hatch eggs too. One thing that I like about shipped eggs is you don't feel as bad if an undeveloped egg breaks in shipping compared to a dead chick. I like hatching day it is like Christmas.

 

[Geena]

Moyer's sells cornishX and colored broiler hatching eggs. Moyerschicks

 

[bhawk-23]

I think we had a very good experience with fertile eggs. After hearing about some of the disappointments I am thinking we were just quite lucky. I bought 12 eggs off etsy, didn't let them rest at all and placed them under broody. All 12 hatched and made it to 13 weeks. Only ones to not survive were the cockerels. Lol
It was soooo much easier than having the brooder in the house. We didn't have to worry about integrating. And we loved watching mama hen with the babies!! We just decided that was the best way for us to have chicks.

 

[RoosterML]

Moyer's sells cornishX and colored broiler hatching eggs. Moyerschicks

That is where is get my meat chicks from, I love the birds they have !! Not one issue with their meat birds so far

 

[RoosterML]

I think we had a very good experience with fertile eggs. After hearing about some of the disappointments I am thinking we were just quite lucky. I bought 12 eggs off etsy, didn't let them rest at all and placed them under broody. All 12 hatched and made it to 13 weeks. Only ones to not survive were the cockerels. Lol
It was soooo much easier than having the brooder in the house. We didn't have to worry about integrating. And we loved watching mama hen with the babies!! We just decided that was the best way for us to have chicks.

That is no doubt the best way, anytime I have a broody I let her set.

 

[Geena]

That is where is get my meat chicks from, I love the birds they have !! Not one issue with there meat birds so far

The meat chicks I got from them arrived happy and healthy. I've ordered quite a few hatching eggs from them as well. I'm close enough that they always arrive within 24 hours of being shipped, and I've had really good hatch rates. But they used to be $22 a dozen including shipping, I see the price has gone up this year.

 

[aart]

It was soooo much easier than having the brooder in the house.

Meat birds(CX) can be brooded in the barn/coop.
Raise them alone and slaughter at 8 weeks....no need to integrate.

 

[RoosterML]

The meat chicks I got from them arrived happy and healthy. I've ordered quite a few hatching eggs from them as well. I'm close enough that they always arrive within 24 hours of being shipped, and I've had really good hatch rates. But they used to be $22 a dozen including shipping, I see the price has gone up this year.

I had a horrible experience with the white leghorn hatching eggs they sell. None hatched, very few developed. I still love the meat chicks

 

[bhawk-23]

We don't have a barn and I feel our situation is best suited to only a small number of meat birds and they would mostly free range or be set up like our cockerels were towards the end. We are only interested in maybe a dozen to start. Not sure we want to overcommit ourselves on the first attempt.