Well, we purchased 30 Wyandotte chicks from Paul's Poultry and they didn't have a good trip 2 were DOA... and another 7 have passed away within 1-2 days... and now I have 2 that are on the verge!
They were all poopy butt so I had to clean them up
I have 2 that are in pretty weak state, but 1 is finally up and bouncing around, the other one doesn't move much BUT she (I decided it's a she lol) peeps and makes a fit when she's not with me. I handfed her today (I'd hold it and she'd peck it off) and she just pooed it out. Now I'm feeding her again, though not with much luck.
WIll they make it? You think?
You think Paul's Poultry will help refund? We're down to 20 chicks if these two die
Only 3 days!
And he kinda sorta got our stuff mixed up. We wanted at as many BLRW as possible and somehow thought we'd manage to figure out at least 12-15 and 12-15 of whatever he had left... well, we only got 3 BLRW :-/ Bah!
Scared to complain though
BF doesn't want to bother him since he was so nice!
Edit; the rest look okay but it took a LOT of work to get them to where they are, but you never know if they decide to drop like flies! But for approximately $10 a piece, they're expensive :-/
Ack! And we've done everything right, the trip was just so hard on these little guys!
EDIT: PLEASE note, I am NOT bashing Paul's Poultry. Out of Many and I mean many (imagine having your face GLUED to your screen for weeks upon end) breeders, we chose J Paul, because his birds were gorgeous (honestly LOOK at his birds!), wonderfully priced and he worked so hard on his bloodlines and what not. I was more upset about them dying than anything! I think that the trip on them was hard. ANY trip on chicks is hard! ESPECIALLY early spring/late winter traveling a long ways away! It would be MY fault for wanting them this early as well as the unpredictability of the weather! If I had to order again, I'd go right back to Paul and I would recommend him as well! Period. Go straight to the breeder! His birds are amazing! The main reason why I posted this was because I was sick silly (I always get sick when I see a weak chick, it's just my nature to want to save a little peep!) over trying to raise a few little peeps who just would not live for me! It just goes to show that there are a few things in getting shipped chicks! Sometimes the weather permits and you receive happy healthy chicks, but once in awhile you get sick, dying, dead chicks. It sucks, but it's the cost of shipping chicks! I've shipped chicks and have had casualties and it's just something expected! Once again, JP's birds are amazing! I would believe they are one of the TOP BLRW producers! As for the numbers for BLRW, we had 3 that were BLRW + SBLRW - I'm sure the rest are BlkLRW that just come with the genetics coding.
They were all poopy butt so I had to clean them up
I have 2 that are in pretty weak state, but 1 is finally up and bouncing around, the other one doesn't move much BUT she (I decided it's a she lol) peeps and makes a fit when she's not with me. I handfed her today (I'd hold it and she'd peck it off) and she just pooed it out. Now I'm feeding her again, though not with much luck.
WIll they make it? You think?
You think Paul's Poultry will help refund? We're down to 20 chicks if these two die
And he kinda sorta got our stuff mixed up. We wanted at as many BLRW as possible and somehow thought we'd manage to figure out at least 12-15 and 12-15 of whatever he had left... well, we only got 3 BLRW :-/ Bah!
Scared to complain though
Edit; the rest look okay but it took a LOT of work to get them to where they are, but you never know if they decide to drop like flies! But for approximately $10 a piece, they're expensive :-/
Ack! And we've done everything right, the trip was just so hard on these little guys!
EDIT: PLEASE note, I am NOT bashing Paul's Poultry. Out of Many and I mean many (imagine having your face GLUED to your screen for weeks upon end) breeders, we chose J Paul, because his birds were gorgeous (honestly LOOK at his birds!), wonderfully priced and he worked so hard on his bloodlines and what not. I was more upset about them dying than anything! I think that the trip on them was hard. ANY trip on chicks is hard! ESPECIALLY early spring/late winter traveling a long ways away! It would be MY fault for wanting them this early as well as the unpredictability of the weather! If I had to order again, I'd go right back to Paul and I would recommend him as well! Period. Go straight to the breeder! His birds are amazing! The main reason why I posted this was because I was sick silly (I always get sick when I see a weak chick, it's just my nature to want to save a little peep!) over trying to raise a few little peeps who just would not live for me! It just goes to show that there are a few things in getting shipped chicks! Sometimes the weather permits and you receive happy healthy chicks, but once in awhile you get sick, dying, dead chicks. It sucks, but it's the cost of shipping chicks! I've shipped chicks and have had casualties and it's just something expected! Once again, JP's birds are amazing! I would believe they are one of the TOP BLRW producers! As for the numbers for BLRW, we had 3 that were BLRW + SBLRW - I'm sure the rest are BlkLRW that just come with the genetics coding.
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