Needing chickens & supplies

[a320727]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
You can also mail order chicks. Meyer Hatchery has a good selection and will ship as few as 3 starting in April.

Thank you for that info!

 

[a320727]

Where are you?
CL is a good place to start for pullets. Takes the risk out of getting any cockerels plus you don't have as long to wait for eggs.
You can always order the minimum chicks from the hatchery and sell the extras. No more work to raise 25 instead of 10. Covers your loses as well.
Most feed stores are carrying chicks until May. Check them out and tag along a special order if they don't sell the breeds you want.

That's true 25 more than 10 the work is no more with 25. thanks for the info

 

[a320727]

That's true 25 more than 10 the work is no more with 25. thanks for the info

Grass Valley location

 

[a320727]

Hello, i've had issues with order limits before too. If you give the place a call, theyll usually let you mix breeds in your order as long as you still are ordering around 12 chicks. They need you to order that many because if they are being shipped they need that warmth of the other chicks. Some colorful egg laying chickens I recommend are marans (dark brown), ameracaunas (green/pink/blue), welsummers (brown speckles) and croad langshans (purple eggs). Good luck!

Never knew some of this before as far as shipping

 

[a320727]

Thank you for that info!

I went to their website and ordered chicken's. My next question would be how chickens and guinea hens get along?

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi and welcome to BYC!

 

[sourland]

Hello, Teresa, welcome to BYC and back to raising chickens.

 

[Jac Jac]

My name is Teresa
It's been years since I raised chickens, so I am looking for some good egg layers. I know that I want about 5 Rhode Island reds, prefer chicks. My husband wants a few egglayers but he wants unusual looking egg laying breed plus older chickens. No roosters. We only want a total of about 10 chickens so difficult to order when they come as chicks 10 to a order. Have beautiful chicken co-op very secure so would like to fill it!

Teresa, Jac Jac here. We are so clucking happy to have you join our flock. Thanks for sharing already. We love go-getters. I love my Reds too - excellent layers and pleasant yard birds. Enjoy your stay with us - you're amongst family.

 

[drumstick diva]

Great to meet you Teresa, anywhere you roam on BYC 's website, you will have opportunities to build your poultry knowledge.

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens!

Feel free to drop in and share your flock

Updates for 2020 with us here in my 2020 flock life thread



https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/2020-flock-life.1351080/

It’s nice to meet you!