Just realized ordering is now open for my local hatchery/breeder!

[treerooted]

And I wasn't prepared!

Ahhhh!


Now I have to make decisions!


Some breeds can sell out, so I don't want to miss out!

 

[treerooted]

So I ordered 30 lol

Plymouth Rocks - Barred
Chantecler - Buff
Buckeye
Delaware
Ameraucana (Easter Egger)
Welsummer

 

[Mini Horses]

LOOK at her cute little chickies.....why don't we have some of those? They do eat less

 

[baymule]

I have Delawares now and do not care for them. They lay well, big eggs, forage well, but are aggressive towards other chickens. Meanest durn things!

I have a few Wellsummer hens and two roosters. They haven't started laying yet. But what really strikes me is that the roosters are not fighting each other.

Australorps are on my want list.

I have Easter eggers and I love the blue eggs, their beards and muffs. They lay fairly well. You can cross a blue egg layer with a brown egg layer and get an olive egger.

 

[treerooted]

Agreed, my plan was three years of trying many breeds, and then working towards a sustainable flock.

With these new chicks I'll have 11 different breeds in my flock.

 

[Beekissed]

Sumi, I think you'd love hatcheries here in the US. Very nicely shipped chicks, not overcrowded and I've had no mistakes on sex or breed when I've ordered from the hatchery. Also got good, healthy chicks.

These are not mine but are typical of shipped chicks...air holes, no overcrowding but enough chicks in each to keep one another warm...they'll even include "packing peanuts" of various chicks if you've not ordered enough to keep them warm, at no extra charge. Usually the packing peanuts are roosters.

They also have bedding in the bottom of the box.

 

[sumi]

Uh oh… Post a list of the breeds they have and what you like and we'll help you choose?

 

[treerooted]

Uh oh… Post a list of the breeds they have and what you like and we'll help you choose?

All of them?

 

[NH Homesteader]

Barred Rocks produce better than doms though! Doms aren't great egg layers and they lay small eggs.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Good luck and please update us on how those breeds work out for you. It's always fun to hear!