Saipan Jungle Fowl from Ideal Hatchery

[nissa_loves_cats]

Has anyone bought Saipan Jungle Fowl from Ideal? I'm hoping to get a new breed of chickens in the spring--- I'm down to about 5 of my old flock--- and was thinking of either Saipan Jungle Fowl or Thailand from Ideal.

I realize that hatchery chicks are not going to be as true to type as birds from a breeder. But I've bought from Ideal before and got some good birds from them at a good price (which is the most important factor).

 

[justbugged]

I would be concerned about keeping jungle fowl in UP Michigan. I would think that unless you kept them in a semi heated area that you are going to have birds that will have frozen combs and such. I would check with your State thread and ask other folks from MI about this first. After that most hatcheries have about the same quality of chicks.

 

[nissa_loves_cats]

I've raised chickens of various sorts here for nearly 20 years, including some with large single combs. They all seem able to get through the winter all right.