Ordering spring chicks....so much fun. What did you get?

[Ponyiqandhens2]

I ordered 1 salmon favorelle
2 adopt me chicks
2 welsummer
2 speckled sussex
2 black cooper maran
Meal maker

 

[gimmie birdies]

I ordered eggs from Meyers

 

[drmolarmagic]

I ordered.....
1 Ancona
3 Buff Cochins
2 Blue Andalusian
all shipping on April 10th!!!

 

[azlyn]

A friend told us the Barred Rocks may not be friendly though...
SUPER sweet and docile.

Your friend is wrong barred rocks are the friendliest they are so sweet I love them mine I've had two two generations of a flock of barred rocks and they are the only ones that will actually eat out of my hand he will jump in my lap and they love me

 

[BDutch]

$5.60 per chick for sexed pullets at the quantity I'd be ordering.

The killer is the shipping -- $25 plus a per chick charge plus a $20 small order fee for less than 15 chicks.

So if you buy 15 it’s 109 dollars. Correct?
If you put an add for 10 on craigslist for $11 , and you manage to sell them you get 5 chicks for free.

 

[BDutch]

I ordered eggs from Meyers
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I like that. Because maybe it is traumatising for a chick to be send in the mail. But nothing is sure of course. Hope hatching will be successful!

What do hatching eggs cost were you live? Here the price is € 1 - € 1,50 for common/normal breeds.

 

[gimmie birdies]

These are pure breeds from Meyers. $4+ depending on the egg.
I have a friend who sells pure for 15 for $40
and locally i can get from a near by farm anywhere from $6-7 a doz. but I wanted certian breeds.

 

[3KillerBs]

So if you buy 15 it’s 109 dollars. Correct?
If you put an add for 10 on craigslist for $11 , and you manage to sell them you get 5 chicks for free.

I can *usually* sell females for between $15-20 -- but I have to raise them to POL. This year might be different with the US egg shortage, but I haven't had luck selling chicks, just POL pullets.

 

[BDutch]

I can *usually* sell females for between $15-20 -- but I have to raise them to POL. This year might be different with the US egg shortage, but I haven't had luck selling chicks, just POL pullets.

Overhere, some breeders sell 6 week old chicks with a guarantee they are pullets.
The advantage is that chicks of that age don’t need heat from 6 weeks in summer if sold in a small group. So can go in an outside coop/run.

 

[3KillerBs]

Overhere, some breeders sell 6 week old chicks with a guarantee they are pullets.
The advantage is that chicks of that age don’t need heat from 6 weeks in summer if sold in a small group. So can go in an outside coop/run.

*Nods*

I've had no luck so far advertising either new-hatched or 6-week chicks. Though, as I said, it might be different this spring with the current egg shortage.