WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

[BHep]

Never dealt with Cackle... Hope he called and explained what is going on.

 

[sonew123]

Just wanted to give you guys a heads up.
One of my friends got his orders from Cackle Hatchery.
Out of 25 Bantams- only 2 survived.
Out of 25 Ducks- all survived so far.
Out of 25 Turkey Polts- So far only 7 survived, and they look like poop.

These Poults look awful. Dropped wings, dull feathers, sedate, and enlarged vents with a foamy cream froth they are pooping out. They have pecked one's butt raw and were trampling him, so he gave him to me to bring home and try to nurse him back. I have him in a tote away from everything I have. Gave him a heat pack and he just wants to sleep. He is not eating or drinking.
I am not sure why they are shipping out these bad batches. Would you guys even call them bad batches? The chicks do not look good at all. Have you guys dealt with anything similar?

Weather and delayed shipping will kill them all Did they arrive in two days? Temps? How far did they travel.?

 

[GableBabble]

Weather and delayed shipping will kill them all

Did they arrive in two days? Temps? How far did they travel.?

Lebanon, MO to Birchwood, TN. But they got misrouted. The one poult I took home died. I pretty much knew it would. I just love Turkeys and wanted it to have some peace I guess. I have ordered from cackle in the past and gotten, eh, so so chicks. The order we got from Ideal was much different. If I had to rate the two hatcheries based on the chicks I got I'd rate Ideal a 9 or 10 and Cackle a 5 or 6.

On a different note.
Only one SG hatched so far. One other only made it half way, I think it has passed. No movement since last night that I can tell. I want to open the Bator and check them out but am too scared b/c of the others hatching.

 

[anderson8505]

Silkies from emvickrey. Is this dark one on the left the sizzle??? I want to keep the sizzle as a companion chick for the 1 appenzeller that hatched. It's feathers look slightly different. Can you tell at this age which ones are sizzle? I know that only 1 hatched....

 

[GableBabble]

I could not tell mine until feathers started growing.

But they are dolls Patty!

 

[corancher]

I finally got around to updating my browser to google chrome. It makes a ton of difference in the speed on BYC. I actually may find myself chatting more since it doesn't take a week for a page to load.

 

[GableBabble]

Alex or Beth- Which ever eggs were marked BR. That is the first one out so far of those eggs. He/she is a tad bit of an early bird

 

[BHep]

Alex or Beth- Which ever eggs were marked BR. That is the first one out so far of those eggs. He/she is a tad bit of an early bird

got me.... I can't even remember what we sent

I know I sent BLRW & BOEs.


WAIT.... is it a white egg ??? Could it say BP??? That would be blue Polish. Could be from me and they are always early.

 

[GableBabble]

Big Brown egg. I was thinking Barred Rock, but since I am wearing my tinfoil hat today I could be wayyyyy off. As soon as he/she dries I'll post a pic

 

[doubleatraining]

LMAO I can't remember either. What does the chick look like? I'm thinking its a Barred Rock. Chances of Roosters are: EE, NNEE, and Australorp. If it was the Australorp then the chick will be sex link.