Who else is getting chicks tomorrow at TSC??

[PARfarm]

That's why I bug them every morning at 8am so that I'm the first one there after they pick them up from the post office at 7:30. They are getting them from a Mt. Healthy Hatchery. I had to call them to find out what these tetratints are. I posted the info in the other forum but I'll throw it in here as well. They will be white adult hens, around 5 lbs at maturity, high egg producers, lay an egg between white and brown so it ends up being like a creamy tan color.

 

[14chickmama]

Oh my! I just left our tsc and the chicks and ducks are so cute!! Thought about getting a couple ducks but didn't know if that would be ok with my 15 new chicks at home!! Maybe next year!!

 

[AlienChick]

I bought my chicks from TSC on Monday and already I want to go back and just *peek* at the babies.... just peek.... no buying!

I'm struggling to keep myself busy around the house so that I do not jump into my car and run down to TSC.

...just peek ... no buying!
...just peek ... no buying!
...just peek ... no buying!



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[Peep Talk]

AlienChick, good luck with that

No way would I be able to peek and not buy! And I love the excuse of having to buy 6 because I liked just one in there.

My DH probably would like to make me live in the coop some days, especially when it becomes chick season.

 

[Nigellas]

Chick days at TSC don't start until April around these parts...(OHIO).

You should double check - I'm north of you (Michigan) and our TSC just got them in today

 

[PARfarm]

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A good friend of mine has 2 ducks in with her 18 chickens. I picked up 2 ducks to go with my chicks day before yesterday and they are doing just fine. I did have to expand my "chick house" to a XL pet crate because I noticed the ducks ganging up on the smaller chicks. Now, it's no problem.

 

[Cowgirl75446]

What hatchery does TSC order from?

 

[Urban Chaos]

I'm headed that way now, dont know what they have, but I'm sure to walk away with some of each I'll ask what hatcheries they use, I was told 3 and Mount Healthy was one of them.

 

[14chickmama]

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You should double check - I'm north of you (Michigan) and our TSC just got them in today

I'm in Ohio and ours had some chicks and ducks today!!!

 

[FeatherFluff]

If they get their chicks from Mt Healthy, I wonder if the 'tetratints' might be the Dekalb Amberlinks....they are mostly white w/ a little mahogany scattered on the feathers and lay a large medium-brown egg ...we got 3 last year and they are really nice birds. There is nothing called a 'tetratint' on Mt Healthy's site....hmmmm.

Hubby and I managed to leave TSC w/ no chickies yesterday.... slim pickins' though...only white rock and mixed reds (RIR, New Hamp, RSL and prod reds)...have most of these already soooo...they said the varieties will change from week to week... we will go back LOL.

Last year the TSC in Danville, VA used Mt Healthy and the one in Eden, NC used Ideal.