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I have worked all month long to prepare for these chicks. The brooder is all set up, I’ve already bought food and have the heat lamp ready to go. The chicks are set to arrive TOMORROW!! Which although I’m super excited, makes me a little nervous! This is my first time doing this completely...

I’ve been scrolling through the threads and can’t find exactly the answer I’m looking for. I ordered ducks and they are to be delivered this week, I’m calling the farm because there is a holiday and I want to make sure they will be ok.. also going to talk to the post office tomorrow. Anyway...

Hi there! this happened to me 2 weeks ago and I've contacted several people and places about this but now I'm not sure what else to do. I ordered ducklings from a hatchery that I have been ordering from for a while and that I trusted. I ordered three ducklings, and they were delivered less than...

Having been born to a 3rd generation poultry farmer, breeder, and hatcheryman, I have spent my entire life around chickens... Just like my father and his father before him, who's father started this whole thing. Being the only girl, and baby, after 10 boy cousins... I was dubbed the chicken...

Hi friends, i like to buy some magpie ducklings this spring, but either the hatcheries have a 15 duckling limit or they don't deliver to WV, all but http://www.idealpoultry.com Has anyone ever ordered ducklings from them?

Last week I ordered 10 chicks from TSC. I ordered the “color egg production pack” linked here: https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/color-egg-production-pack-chicken-sold-in-quantities-of-10 I got the chicks last week and all of them look really similar. Not only that, but the hatchery...

Hi all! I have 2 new ducklings on the way from Metzer Farms. They'll be in on Wednesday. I lost my favorite buff duck, Luna, to a hawk earlier this month, so automatically when you loose 1 you gain 2 (duck math is a real thing)! After buckling down on our yard we decided to get another Buff and...

Help, I'm new at raising chicks. I purchased 13 chicks, 8 Marans and 5 olive eggers. I have no problems with the Marans but my olive eggers are dying. I've lost 2 since they arrived in the mail. The first one passed 3 days after arriving and the other one 9 days after arriving. When I got up...

My new babies are here! They are super cute! (And expensive!) We ordered from MPC because we wanted sexed bantams. I was super duper nervous since it was our first time with mail order chicks. We got six chicks, all bantam females: a white crested black polish, buff Brahma, porcelain and Mille...

Hello! I’m not new to owning chickens but it’s been awhile since I had my 4 hens. We are now waiting on mail order chicks and this time we are much better prepared for this! We are expecting: Easter Egger, Gold and Silver Laced Wyandottes, Black Australorp, Barred Rock, and Barnevelder chicks! I...

Hi I’m new to BYC and so happy I found this forum! This will be my first time hatching chicks. Got my incubator set up. Now just waiting for my Silkie eggs to get delivered in the mail. One question, once I receive the eggs, should I let them sit at room temperature for a while before...

These were supposed to be meat chickens. Instead the chicks turned into laying chooks of some type. I am not sure if they are all the same breed or not. The ladies are fabulous layers of dark to light brown eggs (pictured). Thanks for everyones imput!

I bought several new breeds of birds through the purchase of eggs. I'm not a novice at producing clutch rates at better than 75%. I think it would be higher but... The folks I purchased from were online and very nice. I believe I was sent decent eggs. I'm not asking for a guarantee. But I store...