Wanted: Chicks in Central TX

[jhill1440]

Hello,

I am looking for chicks in central texas. I am College Station which is 90 mins from Houston, 2hrs to Austin and 4hrs to Dallas. The local feed store has only Black X-link, while they are good I want a little variety. I only have room for a maximum 7 birds. Breeds I have been looking at are:
Ameraucana, Orpington, RIR and New Hampshire. Other breeds would do but those would be my first choice.

Ordering chicks from a hatchery seems a little over kill as most need a minimum of 25 per order and then they must be all one breed or another charge is tacked on and then shipping is added to all that.

I know Ideal hatchery is only an hour from me and I have looked into them but I figured I would try here first.

Thanks

PS This is my first post but I have been lurking for a couple months trying to convince my DW to let us get a few chickens going in the backyard. This forum has been a great source if info to that purpose.

 

[Yogiman]

Hi JHILL,
Welcome to the forum. I hope you enjoy it and all of the fine people on here. Glad to have you here with us.

I only wish I was 1 hour away from Ideal Poultry. To be so blessed. I am waiting for an order from them as we speak.

They do not have a minimum of 25 chick order. They do have a minimum of $20.00 or $25.00 purchase. And they have such a wide variety to choose from. I fail to see how you might avoid the minimum purchase if you plan on getting some chicks.

I don't think you can go wrong with Ideal or least that has been my experience.

 

[blue90292]

i'm driving through college station on the afternoon of feb 16th with some chicks in tow from a breeder up in dallas. the chicks will be straight run, though. we're having a meeting in waco. i should be driving through college station around 4pm.

they'll include rhode island whites, dominiques, delawares and a couple of others. if you join www . pet chickens of texas . com, i can sell them to you for $3 per chick. the site is a place where us texans sometimes get together and chat.

thanks.

michele

 

[GracefulBantams]

With Ideal being so close to you, that would mean that you could pick them up, so I imagine they would let you order just a few chicks.
Even with you only wanting 7 chicks, I would recommend buying at least 10 anyways to make up for any losses you might have.

 

[jhill1440]

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That would be great but I do not want any roosters. I live in the city and don't want my neighbors complaining. Is there any way to sex them? I would be happy to buy the pullets. PM me and see if we can arrange something.

Thanks
joshua

 

[blue90292]

sent you a PM

 

[idealpoultry]

Sent you a PM

Teri
Ideal Poultry