8 Chicks 1967
Songster
X2 It's usually cockerels most of the time. If not....it's a mix that's off standard.Packing peanuts refers to male chicks that are added to your order to help provide additional warmth.
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X2 It's usually cockerels most of the time. If not....it's a mix that's off standard.Packing peanuts refers to male chicks that are added to your order to help provide additional warmth.
Oh, wow, I had no idea! Thanks for the clarification.Packing peanuts refers to male chicks that are added to your order to help provide additional warmth.
Around here we dont have hatcheries but during the spring and early summer tractor supply and numerous feed store have a supply of day old chicks. Its easy to get the number you want and a small assortment of breeds. Check yuor feedstores they could help.I have reached out to several local farms, hatcheries and individuals because I would rather buy locally. Two of two farms have not contacted me back, 1 of three hatcheries has not contacted back and the two that did do not sex their birds and the individuals I've spoken with have been very helpful but timing is the issue.
This being my first go at chickens I would like them to be social for us as I'm sure that makes it more enjoyable.
It really seems like the mail order hatchery is the way to go (at least for me) because you get what you want, when you want. Hopefully the sexing turns out well but nothing is guaranteed.
All these post talking about, by the time they go outside... They can go outside in the coop day 1! Use a heat plate or mama heating pad. Why would anyone want chickens in the house? Ewe
Good luck
Gary
This is what I found too.Timing matters if you have bad or early winters. Chickens that are hatched in January will grow into maturity in June--at which point, there should be enough sun that they begin laying eggs soon, and will keep laying as winter comes around. This year, we got ours in May--and by October, only a quarter of them had begun to lay. Most still aren't laying, because they never got the sunlight to kick-start the laying process.