Question about Hatchery Order....Need some help!

[TanksHill]

Hey Dace I left town for a couple days and it seem like you have been busy. Sounds like you jumped on the chicken wagon. Whats up with the ducks? I never thought about ducks. Are you using the eggs for your cooking classes? do ducks lay daily? sounds like your keeping busy. g

 

[PotterWatch]

The easiest thing I have found is to order them through my local feed store. They use a couple different hatcheries and I am able to look through the hatchery cataloge and tell them what I want and they include it in their next order. I am getting some delawares and some black broilers this week that way. I pay a little bit more per chick, but I don't pay shipping so it evens out, plus I don't get any unwanted birds. I also get to pick mine out from a bunch since they order at least 15 of each kind when they do order. So I can pick my three delawares out from at least 15 of them to get the healthiest looking ones.

 

[Beekissed]

Bee & Quail...there were so many tempting options, but since I am a chicken virgin I did not want to take on too much and make mistakes ( or at least a huge number of them).

There are several more breeds I would like to get...a little at a time I think will be best for me

I was a chicken virgin once........

 

[Dace]

Hey Dace I left town for a couple days and it seem like you have been busy. Sounds like you jumped on the chicken wagon. Whats up with the ducks? I never thought about ducks. Are you using the eggs for your cooking classes? do ducks lay daily? sounds like your keeping busy. g

Hey G nice to see you back...I was a little worried when you seemed to disappear :/ Glad you were just out of town!

I have always loved ducks. We had mallards when I was growing up. Duck eggs are bigger and richer than chicken eggs, so they are really great to bake with. I choose Khaki Campbells because they are relatively quiet and they are prolific layers...nearly every day. I hope to sell the extras to my cooking clients.

 

[Dace]

The easiest thing I have found is to order them through my local feed store. They use a couple different hatcheries and I am able to look through the hatchery cataloge and tell them what I want and they include it in their next order. I am getting some delawares and some black broilers this week that way. I pay a little bit more per chick, but I don't pay shipping so it evens out, plus I don't get any unwanted birds. I also get to pick mine out from a bunch since they order at least 15 of each kind when they do order. So I can pick my three delawares out from at least 15 of them to get the healthiest looking ones.

I will keep that in mind...sounds like a smart way to do it!

 

[Beekissed]

Dace? Honey? You might want to peruse that one post and do a little editing.....I think you love "ducks"......

Unless it was a Freudian slip......

 

[Alaska Animal Lover]

LOL, I was wondering about that as well!

 

[TanksHill]

Thanks Bee I was not quite sure how to handle that one.

 

[PotterWatch]

 

[Dace]

Wow
Sorry guys