SandHill Preservation review

[The Moonshiner]

Mr Drowns having a tendency to experiment with breeds.

This explains some things.
I see no problem with experimenting but why let those resulting offspring out to the public without disclosure?
SMH at doing that and using "breed preservation" as a selling point.

 

[Finnie]

This explains some things.
I see no problem with experimenting but why let those resulting offspring out to the public without disclosure?
SMH at doing that and using "breed preservation" as a selling point.

I agree. When I ordered Mille Fleur Leghorns and Redcaps from Sandhill, none of them ended up looking like MFL or RC.

 

[Molpet]

unfortunately, I didn't save the packing list. I am aware of the feather sexing flaw, but we did it for fun. So we shall see. I have two brooders and separated them by sex to see how we do. I have emailed Sandhill but it will be days before I hear. Of course we'll raise all the chicks to see what's what.

Right now I've some Silver Deathlayer chicks that I thought surely would be white/yellow but they're not. Surprise!

I am aware of the barred gene? I ordered Barred Cochin and 7 our of 9 are boys. (Cackle hatchery).

I've had a friend in Missouri send a box of Barred Rock chicks, though I don't remember how that went.

I haven't been on since my wife died 6 yrs ago. So I'm not even sure many of the folks from back then are still on or even alive.

Thank you for your input.
Rancher

Sorry about your wife. I do remember seeing some of your posts.

 

[trenace]

I have been very happy with Sandhill. 90 chick order received in three shipments, pretty close representation of my requests with variations matching the substitutions I said were fine.

One does need to realize that Sandhill is not a conveyor-belt hatchery where on the sane day any particular combination of chicks can be provided. It's just not possible for a very small operation to match a complex order exactly. There will never be a day of the year when everything requested hatched.

Also if expecting every bird will be ready for exhibition when paying $5 each (typically) and again such a small operation for so many breeds, well, not likely. E.g. some of my Leghorns don't have yellow legs.

If you ordered 25, could you breed desired show birds from them? I expect so.

To me what mattered is they are bred to live outside and are healthy birds in that environment. I have had zero losses or issues past the first couple of days or shipment.