the one thing I do like about the hatcheries are the vaccines they offer. I bought a super nice pair of dominiques years ago from a breeder planning to show,, they both got merecs disease and died. who knew that would happen. we did all we could for them. The vet said wild birds can carry it from farm to farm. Certian breeds are susceptible, sebrights are very susceptible too. I see at a lot of the hatcheries offer them vaccinated, I vaccinate my own now right out of the incubator, but a lot of people do not want to do that so its a nice thing. I actually took a class offered through cornell on how to. subcutanous seperating baby fluff with your fingers behind the neck , I have some paralasis in my right hand from severe RA so it isnt easy. But there has been a rash of it in this entire area so I have to.