Who else took the chick plunge! (Pics on post 101)

[WhiteCochinLover]

I finally ordered my chicks for this year today

Anyone else have some fluffies coming soon!! I promised my DH I would take it easy and not order to many, we wanted to double our currently flock of 15 chickens and 4 ducks, but...you know how chicken math works

. I ended up ordering 31+ chicks, 4 ducks, and 2 geese. I just couldn't help myself so I have two orders coming, one from Ideal and one from Mt. Healthy.
So here's what I am getting

Ideal Order:
1 Ideal 236 pullet, 1 Production Black pullet, 1 Silver Penciled Hamburg pullet, 1 Golden Lakenvelder pullet, 1 Black SexLink pullet, 1 Speckled Sussex pullet, 1 Rhode Island Red pullet, 1 Delaware pullet, 1 Barnevelder pullet, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte pullet, 5 Ameraucanas (AKA Easter Eggers) pullets, 1 Easter Egger male, 1 Blue Swedish duck female, 1 Khaki Campbell duck female, 1 Snowy Mallard duck female, 1 Rouen duck female, 1 Brown African goose female, and 1 Gray Saddleback Pomeranian goose female.
Mt. Healthy Order:
5 Ameraucanas (Easter Eggers) pullets, 9 Dixie Rainbow pullets, and 1 Dixie Rainbow male.
Now to get our new coops built for our little fluffies coming, good thing they aren't arriving til February 29th, that gives us a little time at least.

Hey Dont forget my silkies and EEs!!!!!!!

I am so excited!!!!

 

[justacouplemorechicks]

I have 12 assorted bantam babies coming from Ideal on Feb 2nd.

That is only ONE week from today!!!

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

My chicks didn't come today If they don't show up tomorrow, I think my head might explode!

 

[dennarahl]

me too! I'm driving my husband nuts with my worrying about the chicks.

 

[yoie]

Hey Dont forget my silkies and EEs!!!!!!!

I am so excited!!!!

Don't worry, I have a bunch of silkies coming too

I can't wait to see the little fuzz butts, only 34 more days till ship day. I am counting down on the calendar my DH thinks I'm crazy, I'm not crazy right

 

[WhiteCochinLover]

Don't worry, I have a bunch of silkies coming too

I can't wait to see the little fuzz butts, only 34 more days till ship day. I am counting down on the calendar my DH thinks I'm crazy, I'm not crazy right

I cant wait to see the fluffy butts!!!!! and your not crazy haha

 

[Anna_MN]

Uh oh, chicken math is hard at work again. I'm about to call McMurray to add on to my order.....again

 

[citychickx6]

I did it I ordered from Meyer.
I have to wait til the middle of May.

I am getting
2 Silver Spangled Hamburgs
2 Appenzeller Spitzhaubens
2 Columbian Wyandottes and
1 Meyer Meal Maker.

DH said I could order BUT he did not say I could make the run bigger...... Until I nagged at him lol.
We are doubling the run size in April!

 

[ttclan]

I just placed and order for chicks to come some time the week of Feb 27th.

This is our first time ordering chicks. I had planned on getting fertilized eggs locally and using several of my broody hens, but I need a new coop for my current flock and I didn't want to wait another month or two for before starting chicks. I also wasn't sure that I could do it right this first time out. With the new group I have several KNOWN setter breeds coming, so I hope to use them next year for our own eggs.

Hubby agreed to let me have them inside for the first few weeks, giving more time for him to get a coop built - we are moving our current flock into a barn sized coop and using the small one we have for raising new chicks.

I'm so excited! Can't wait...oh, the time will go by so slowly now, I just know it. Although, with a new coop and fencing to set up I hope it will pass very quickly!

 

[Anna_MN]

Well it's official- I changed around my order for the third and final time. I am getting cuckoo marans, welsummers, blue andalusions, buff orpingtons, easter eggers, and columbian wyandottes. FINALLY I feel confident enough with my order. Yay!