The Moonshiner's Chick Chat

[The Moonshiner]

Those are the sexlinked

ones, right?

Umm, as far as I know they're Mallard ducklings.
These are direct ordered from Hoover's by a new feed store in my area.
I'm thinking besides Hoover's being idiots they'll also say whatever needed to secure being a chick provider.
When I ordered them I was told they were to be legit chocolate orpingtons.
I ordered 10 pullets and 5 cockerels from a list on 2 pieces of paper. Not a catalog or website.
But ya Hoover's don't list chocolate orpingtons available besides the sex linked things. I asked and was told they were being pulled from their assortment orpingtons.
Either way was fine. Straight orpingtons would all be chocolate instead of the cockerels only carrying chocolate. But the sex links would carry yellow skin genes so that would of been a bonus.
I was told with the sex links they only sell pullets so I stuck with the supposed orpingtons.
All I wanted was the chocolate gene. Seems Hoovers can't even get one thing right

 

[JacinLarkwell]

100% hatch rate! She had one egg that never started developing, but every egg that developed hatched

 

[Isadora]

100% hatch rate! She had one egg that never started developing, but every egg that developed hatchedView attachment 3536719

What a good mama

 

[JacinLarkwell]

What a good mama

Considering she's under a year old, I'm hoping she stays how she's been the last 3 weeks.

 

[AMM10]

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My "chocolate" Orpingtons from Hoover's finally arrived.
Is anyone buying that these are "chocolate"?
They look black to me. A kind of strange black but still.
In the direct sunlight they do have a hue to them but I'm thinking that's just wishful thinking.
As a side note to how awesome Hoover's truly is when I checked the invoice it clearly stated...... 15 Mallard ducklings (unsexed)"

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Even Mouse was suprised.

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Umm, as far as I know they're Mallard ducklings.
These are direct ordered from Hoover's by a new feed store in my area.
I'm thinking besides Hoover's being idiots they'll also say whatever needed to secure being a chick provider.
When I ordered them I was told they were to be legit chocolate orpingtons.
I ordered 10 pullets and 5 cockerels from a list on 2 pieces of paper. Not a catalog or website.
But ya Hoover's don't list chocolate orpingtons available besides the sex linked things. I asked and was told they were being pulled from their assortment orpingtons.
Either way was fine. Straight orpingtons would all be chocolate instead of the cockerels only carrying chocolate. But the sex links would carry yellow skin genes so that would of been a bonus.
I was told with the sex links they only sell pullets so I stuck with the supposed orpingtons.
All I wanted was the chocolate gene. Seems Hoovers can't even get one thing right

Just buy some from Colt next time.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Just buy some from Colt next time.

He'd have to cut me a hella deal. I'm poor like that.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Hatch day is tomorrow. 12 chicks so far.

 

[CastielH]

Looking at the Hoovers website under "Identify My Chick" those do look like the example given for their Chocolate Orps. Then again you got sent "ducklings" so who knows.

 

[troyer]

100% hatch rate! She had one egg that never started developing, but every egg that developed hatchedView attachment 3536719

I have a feeling she'll be an excellent mother. What was she bred too?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I have a feeling she'll be an excellent mother. What was she bred too?

Phoenix males, so most of these chicks are 3/4 Phoenix. Some are half and some are full though. I have to go through and sort to see which ones have rose combs, since those are either hers ir her mothers