minimum order?

[MojoWorkin]

Hi! I am planning to order some chicks in the spring. I would like to order from Welps or McMurray but they both seem to have a minimum order of 25 chicks. I really only want about 4 chickens.

How do you deal with the extras? Sell them on craigslist or the local feedstore? Wait till they get to a certain size and cull/eat them? What do you do? Thanks.

 

[mrsengeseth]

For that reason I ordered from Ideal. Smaller required order size. Or I also bought locally.

Could you and a friend each order together? Then you'd each have extras, sure, but then you'd also have less each to get rid of. You could sell your extras on craigslist.

Maybe even make enough to cover your first bag of feed!

 

[coloradochick]

Try www.mypetchicken.com

 

[HorseFeathers]

Quote:
I second that. "Order as few as 3 chicks"*
*Minimum based on location

I'm so crazy I've memorized their slogan without meaning to!

 

[silkiechicken]

If you're not against eating them... Just get the 4 you want, doube that number to make sure you get the 4 you want, (to account for any losses and roos), then fill the rest of the order with meat birds to eat.

MPC is a good option if you are close enough to them, but with the $25 heat pad and shipping costs... I'd just fill the order with more chicks, pick out your favorites, and sell the on craigs list. Even if you gave them away, your cost for chicks and shipping would be about the same with 4 chicks as it would be 25.

 

[MojoWorkin]

Hi! I'm not against eating them and I was thinking that filling the rest of the order with meat birds would make sense, but I'd have to have a separate/larger coop to keep them? At what age are they good to eat?

 

[buckeye lady]

Order from mypetchicken.com and order 6. 4 will not be enough to satisfy your inner chicken. 6 should keep you from acquiring more until well......Fall at best.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Meyer hatchery also has a smaller minimum order & I got very good healthy chicks from them last spring.

 

[phalenbeck]

I just looked up my mypetchicken.com order. I paid $25.00 for 8 vaccanated chickes that came healthy and well, but I also paid $30.00 for shipping and handeling. ------At my local feed store they sell local chicks for $2.00-$3.00, and I have to go there to buy feed and 'chicken stuff'. I assume that indepnndent feed stores will have chics in the spring. And I do not have to make that emergency trip to the Post Office, or some wierd postal distrubution center that you do not know existed. ----Buy local---save postage and hassle.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

Cackle Hatchery has a minimum of 15 chicks per order, they are reasonably priced, too.

located in central(-ish) Missourri.

meri