Re: Ordering Chickens- Best Hatchery?
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Hoover for me they have a White Plymouth breed that are the best birds I ever raised. White Plymouth? Are they a white egg layer or brown? Big brown.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Ordering Chickens- Best Hatchery?
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My favorite is Murry McMurry Mine too. I’ve been ordering chicks from them since the mid 80’s
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Re: Ordering Chickens- Best Hatchery?
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Getting some from Meyer in Ohio in the spring....getting some Marans...Wyandotte’s,Easter eggers, Green Queens...end of April
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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Re: Ordering Chickens- Best Hatchery?
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My favorite is Murry McMurry Mine too. I’ve been ordering chicks from them since the mid 80’s Me to.
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Re: Ordering Chickens- Best Hatchery?
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I will agree with TreedaBlackdog about the isa browns being good producers, we get our birds from a local chicken farm that sells eggs commercial. we get 6-10 every year or two to keep the flock around 12-15 birds.when the farm gets new birds we get ours about 17 weeks old. werw paying 10 dollars per bird,works for us. like them brown eggs.
Billy
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Re: Ordering Chickens- Best Hatchery?
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I always got barred rocks,rhodei sland reds,and black giants
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Re: Ordering Chickens- Best Hatchery?
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I ordered my Buff Orpington eggs from Meyer, they pack really well. I ordered eggs from ebay and always received a stinking mess.I was able to hatch one easter egger out of them. They are laying now, I don't buy eggs anymore.
I need to find a more cold hardy bird with not much waddle and comb. My rooster got a bit of frost bite in this last cold spell. Get ya some buckeye's or dub the ones ya have.
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Re: Ordering Chickens- Best Hatchery?
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Look at the Hoover site or other chicken sites they list the ones that do well in the northern areas, never had any issues with birds in the cold all have done well. My coop is insulated and has a inside wall, it heats with a 250wt red heat lamp. The red heat lamp provides heat and enough white light from the stem of the lamp to encourage laying in cold weather. Shield any heat lamps from the chickens banging into it to avoid fire issues them lamps don’t blow like a bulb will.
Use 2X4s for roosting instead of round poles the lumber allows the birds to cover their feet easier while resting on a 2X4s.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Ordering Chickens- Best Hatchery?
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Thanks. I am open to any suggestions. What is Dub them ? how does that work ? That's when you cut their combs and wattles off to prevent frostbite. I use a pair of scissors and trim close to the head. It doesn't bother them, bleeds a little but there are things you can do to keep it minimal.
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