Housespider
Chirping
- Mar 25, 2021
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Not much recent information on this hatchery,so I figured I would provide some.
I chose them because they were the only hatchery that had all the breeds I was looking for during a time where most hatcheries were sold out for the year. I ordered from them the week of 9/1/2020, and selected breeds their website said were available for a week of 9/21/2020 ship date.
Customer Service
I called to make sure all chicks really would ship on the same day, and was told the availability dates were accurate. This seems to be true as the breeds I ordered numbers did go down after my order was confirmed. There was no shipping confirmation email which I found strange, and I had to call again to receive a tracking number as well to make sure they shipped. When I have ordered from other hatcheries I was given a shipping confirmation as well as a tracking number via email without needing to ask for it. Still the two people I spoke with were nice enough, and they quickly assisted me. No wait times or being put on hold so that was a plus.
What I ordered
1.1 Salmon Faverolle male
2. 6 Assorted Cochins(large fowl) females
3. 1 Black Cochin male
4. 1 Partridge Cochin male
5. 8 Assorted Rare Breed females
6. 7 Easter Eggers (labeled Ameraucana on their site) females
1 Easter Egger Male
What I received+general quality after 6 months
I ordered 25 chicks total, and received 28 chicks. One black cochin arrived dead, and a partridge cochin died the next day. The rest survived past the chick stage. The chicks were packaged well, and they arrived on time.
1. 1 Salmon Faverolle Male
He was my main reason for ordering. He looks great, an overall good quality bird in my opinion. Of course not a show bird, but for the purpose of this review "good" means "looks enough like the pictures on the internet to satisfy the average person".
2. 6 Assorted Cochin females
I was very impressed with this assortment. I received 2 black,2 partidge,2 gold laced,1 silver laced, and 1 grey. They are all nice looking, and I have no complaints about them. Was happy to receive such a variety of color.
3. 1 Black Cochin Male
I assume he was the one who died in shipping.
4. 1 Partridge Cochin Male
He is enormous at 6 months, and has beautiful coloring on him. I have been told by others that he is odd looking for a cochin, especially his long neck. Until recently I considered him rather ugly, but I think his slow growth(cochin trait) means it will take about a year for him to really come into his looks. His personality is good which is important on such a big bird. Final verdict on this guy is pending.
5. 8 Assorted Rare Breed females
I received 2 orloffs,2 bielefelder, 3 blue/grey langshans, 1 salmon faverolle, and 1 sicilian buttercup. Given that both Cochins and Easter Eggers were available in the list of possible chicks I was rather worried they would shoulder me with mostly those. However much to my surprise they gave me an impressive mix of nice breeds. They all look nice enough to me,and I certainty have some new favorite breeds because of this batch. I believe all but the Orloff and maybe Buttercup are laying eggs.
6. 7 Easter Egger female
I received 6 hens and 1 rooster from this batch. This was the only time they got the gender wrong on a chick. The hens all look rather similar being shades of brown/orange. All 3 lay a green egg in different shade, two lay pretty large eggs as well. Satisfied with these except of course one being a male.
7. 1(+1) Easter Egger male
They look nothing like the hens which is nice. With EE two looking the same probably means they are siblings after all so I appreciate the diversity. However one of the males had terrible genetic faults that really showed up as he passed the chick stage. Wye tail, one wing larger than the other, and a generally odd bone structure compared to the other male. An EE having major genetic faults does not surprise me,so I don't really hold this against them. The other male is white with a green tail, and I have no complaints about him.
Short Version
Out of 28 chicks only 2 died, and out of the remaining 26 only 1 was sexed incorrectly. The low mortality rate along with impressive accuracy sexing the day old chicks had me impressed especially given how bad some of their older reviews were. I felt some care was put into selecting chicks for the two random assortments I ordered compared to what I have received from other hatcheries in the past. I think your average chicken keeper would be pleased with the quality of these chickens.
edit: A link to an album of low quality pictures of them
I chose them because they were the only hatchery that had all the breeds I was looking for during a time where most hatcheries were sold out for the year. I ordered from them the week of 9/1/2020, and selected breeds their website said were available for a week of 9/21/2020 ship date.
Customer Service
I called to make sure all chicks really would ship on the same day, and was told the availability dates were accurate. This seems to be true as the breeds I ordered numbers did go down after my order was confirmed. There was no shipping confirmation email which I found strange, and I had to call again to receive a tracking number as well to make sure they shipped. When I have ordered from other hatcheries I was given a shipping confirmation as well as a tracking number via email without needing to ask for it. Still the two people I spoke with were nice enough, and they quickly assisted me. No wait times or being put on hold so that was a plus.
What I ordered
1.1 Salmon Faverolle male
2. 6 Assorted Cochins(large fowl) females
3. 1 Black Cochin male
4. 1 Partridge Cochin male
5. 8 Assorted Rare Breed females
6. 7 Easter Eggers (labeled Ameraucana on their site) females
1 Easter Egger Male
What I received+general quality after 6 months
I ordered 25 chicks total, and received 28 chicks. One black cochin arrived dead, and a partridge cochin died the next day. The rest survived past the chick stage. The chicks were packaged well, and they arrived on time.
1. 1 Salmon Faverolle Male
He was my main reason for ordering. He looks great, an overall good quality bird in my opinion. Of course not a show bird, but for the purpose of this review "good" means "looks enough like the pictures on the internet to satisfy the average person".
2. 6 Assorted Cochin females
I was very impressed with this assortment. I received 2 black,2 partidge,2 gold laced,1 silver laced, and 1 grey. They are all nice looking, and I have no complaints about them. Was happy to receive such a variety of color.
3. 1 Black Cochin Male
I assume he was the one who died in shipping.
4. 1 Partridge Cochin Male
He is enormous at 6 months, and has beautiful coloring on him. I have been told by others that he is odd looking for a cochin, especially his long neck. Until recently I considered him rather ugly, but I think his slow growth(cochin trait) means it will take about a year for him to really come into his looks. His personality is good which is important on such a big bird. Final verdict on this guy is pending.
5. 8 Assorted Rare Breed females
I received 2 orloffs,2 bielefelder, 3 blue/grey langshans, 1 salmon faverolle, and 1 sicilian buttercup. Given that both Cochins and Easter Eggers were available in the list of possible chicks I was rather worried they would shoulder me with mostly those. However much to my surprise they gave me an impressive mix of nice breeds. They all look nice enough to me,and I certainty have some new favorite breeds because of this batch. I believe all but the Orloff and maybe Buttercup are laying eggs.
6. 7 Easter Egger female
I received 6 hens and 1 rooster from this batch. This was the only time they got the gender wrong on a chick. The hens all look rather similar being shades of brown/orange. All 3 lay a green egg in different shade, two lay pretty large eggs as well. Satisfied with these except of course one being a male.
7. 1(+1) Easter Egger male
They look nothing like the hens which is nice. With EE two looking the same probably means they are siblings after all so I appreciate the diversity. However one of the males had terrible genetic faults that really showed up as he passed the chick stage. Wye tail, one wing larger than the other, and a generally odd bone structure compared to the other male. An EE having major genetic faults does not surprise me,so I don't really hold this against them. The other male is white with a green tail, and I have no complaints about him.
Short Version
Out of 28 chicks only 2 died, and out of the remaining 26 only 1 was sexed incorrectly. The low mortality rate along with impressive accuracy sexing the day old chicks had me impressed especially given how bad some of their older reviews were. I felt some care was put into selecting chicks for the two random assortments I ordered compared to what I have received from other hatcheries in the past. I think your average chicken keeper would be pleased with the quality of these chickens.
edit: A link to an album of low quality pictures of them
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