thinking about getting more chicks.

[donsmit5]

I just received 26 RIR pullets from MT. HEALTHY last week, I had never tried them before, they have several different breeds they hatch year round, you can order as few as 15. I am very satisfied with their customer service. I live in Kentucky so it was close, they are in Ohio, so it only took 1 day to ship them. I really like purchasing baby chicks in the fall.

 

[chicken farmer 1997]

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where at in ky? i mie buy some off u.

 

[donsmit5]

I live in Bowling Green.

 

[spowell]

WHAT!!!!

More chicks? Don't you know that this is an addiction? Get out while you can

I'm in so deep I cant see the light of day, and lovin it!

Sorry I can't help on a Hatchery, I order eggs to hatch. My friend uses MPC and says it's pretty good. Good luck on finding what your looking for

 

[BlazeJester]

My Pet Chicken fulfills their orders through Meyer. So its six of one, half a dozen of the other...

I've heard great things about Mt. Healthy's chicks but haven't ordered from anyone besides Meyer/MPC. You might have trouble getting particular breeds at this point if you're not going super average, but you might get a fun mix from a layer assortment.

 

[Lisa0318]

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[chicken farmer 1997]

what prices

 

[willowbranchfarm]

I got mine from My pet chicken. And all were alive and well. There four weeks old know. They do cost a good amount but I'm a kid and I was able to come up with the money. Not to mention the feed cost. LOL

 

[Hunter0704]

I ordered 3 Welsh Harlequin ducklings, six weeks old now, and 4 chicks all five weeks old now (Barred Rock, Buff Orphington, and 2 Rhode Island Reds) from California Hatchery.com. Very pleased with all of them upon arrival...they are very healthy and living together in coop. I did the hatchery thing because I wanted to make sure all my new babies were females...you pay a bit more, but it was worth it. Local feed mill had chicks but couldn't guarantee the sex and no ducklings. The hatchery wanted ducklings to be ordered in 3's which I did...if I had pushed it I could have gotten two...but now that I have them, I wouldn't have it any other way...they stay together, lay together and if anything every happened to one of them, at least there would be two to stay together.

 

[foxypoproxy]

I want chicks in the spring so bad!
But i don't know if i should hatch eggs or just get chicks!

I would prefer only females, but not many places but "my pet chicken" can sex bantams.
I also don't have too much more space in the coop so i don't think most minimums are ideal for me.
Plus then i have to worry whether my broody would except them (i would prefer them to be raised by a mommy hen)

With eggs i can pick how many i would like to hatch so i have the space and they can be raised by a broody, but then i may get males!
I would most likely sell the males, but i wouldn't know where to put them before then @_@.
I don't like to kill or eat my chickens so i have a fear of being stuck with all these cockerels that don't get along and that i don't have space for!!!

Then i find some hatchery's that let me have a minimum of like 4 bantams which is perfect but then they don't sex them... ack!

What to do...

I love so many breeds i can't decide! I want either showgirls (which hatchery's don't sell), Japanese, silkies, or polish.....maybe even bantam barred rocks or wyandottes.
I just found out i have a blue silkie cockerel and if i'm able to keep him, i'd like to hatch out some chicks...but once again then i risk getting males

I'm really excited because this would be my first time hatching or raising chicks in years!

I keep trying to convince myself i can get away with having more but i keep fighting with my practical side!
Lets face it i wouldn't want to cramp them so i have to make sure i don't get to many! darn this chicken math!
Chickens are wayyy to addicting!

P.S do people on BYC share orders?
Some places have a minimum of like 15 and i don't want that many, but maybe they are the only hatchery that sells that specific breed!
Do people split orders? Maybe i can find someone in CT to split chicks with me