Post pics of stock from Ideal Poultry please !!

[partsRheavy]

Recently received 30 Black Jersey Giants from Ideal. They were hatched on the 13th. I'm indoor-rearing them and all have made it up until now. I'm giving them plain Greek yogurt as a treat/probiotic. Will post pics after I post a little bit more (I'm new).

 

[Gresh]

I ordered some IDEAL chicks way back in June this year. Due to smouldering heat and a little short-lived brooder temp problem, I lost two of the chicks I ordered (one DOA and the other died the night of arrival). They were both Spangled Russian Orloffs: I was SOOOO disappointed because Orloffs are my favorite chicken breed!

Here's how many I ordered:

4 Russian Orloffs (down to 2, now)
2 Buckeyes
1 White Jersey Giant

I made the big mistake of getting a puny amount instead of a large amount. I say this not because of shipping problems but because of culling: I wanted to get near-standard chicks but wound up with really small, hardly standard-abiding chickens! IDEAL included 17 packing peanuts, all voracious White Leghorn males. My sister kept one, and so did I, but mine is now WAY too flighty and slightly aggressive. I've got to get rid of him.
My chicks are quite small so far. I owe this mainly to hatchery-stock smallness, but I also should have given them more protein in their diet. Next time, I'm going to give them ground catfood--that's supposed to be a good source of animal protein.
I'm thinking about either getting IDEAL bantams (Sumatras or Old English, I'm not sure) or IDEAL Orientals (Malay, Saipan, Asil, or Thai). I hear that IDEAL Orientals are not as aggressive as Orientals usually are because their bloodlines are doped with other breeds. A disadvantage if you want to breed pure, but an advantage if you're like me and you just want some beautiful Oriental-looking chickens to blend with your all-too-common production breeds. I love variety in poultry, to an extent.
Anybody had experience with IDEAL Orientals? Would love to hear your say. Please PM me about it because I rarely respond to thread replies.

 

[Gresh]

Whoops! Forgot some pics of my IDEAL babies. Here they are at roughly 3.5 months old:

My Jersey Giant with the two surviving Orloffs

My Buckeye cockerel: he's SOOOO sweet-natured!

My Orloff pullet. She's ridiculously small, but has a spunky personality.

My Orloff cockerel, as seen in my avatar. He had a leg problem (apparently fractured?) when younger, but he's since healed up rather nicely.

A pic of my Orloff pullet alongside my sister's claimed packing peanut White Leghorn male.

 

[Frost Homestead]

Here's some of our Easter Eggers we got from TSC who got thier chicks from Ideal

They're sweet girls

 

[boss400]

here are some old english game bantams
blue brassy backs

white tail buff

white tail red

blue quail

blue millie fluer

 

[zhell]

GUD MORNING IM NEW HIR IM FROM PHILIPPINES

Im STARTING to Breed some Bantam right now

i have a fair of chinese bantam and my friend gave me

a pyncheon too

can any one help me to breed some new kind in the philippines

plsss


this is ny cell no. (09332830010)

 

[Blue]

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Oooh, I love OEGBs! I got 2 Quail OEGBs from Ideal this past spring and ended up with a pair. I really want to get some Blue Quail and some Fawn Silver Duckwing in the future. You've got a great assortment there!

 

[CluckCluck2]

Post office called at 5:30 this morning. I pcked up my chicks. I ordered 2 Blue Mille Fleur d Uccle Bantam, 2 Blue Laced Red Wyandotte Bantam and 2 Barred Plymouth Rock. THe sent males for warmth. Any ideas on what breed the males might be?
Thanks!

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

The males will probably be Leghorns or some other production breed.

 

[Blue]

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Are those just males in the pic? A couple look like Barred Rocks? Barred Rocks are what they sent as extras with my order back in May; they sent 7 extras, and one turned out to be a hen. ^_^ The reddish colored ones might be Rhode Island Reds.