Re: OT - baby chicks

Try Cackle Hatchery in Lebanon, Missouri.  They ship.  That's where I got my
Silverlace Wyandotte chicks.

www.*cackle**hatchery*.com




On 4/1/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
>
> I used to see 1-2 year old hens for sale in the classified sections of
> weekly newspapers. Even bought some a couple of times--nothing wrong with
> them, just past their egg-a-day productivity level. I expect after easter
> there will be a bear market in fledglings... except probably a lot of
> roosters in that bunch.
>
>
> On Apr 1, 2009, at 8:02 AM, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI
> wrote:
>
> I haven't seen chicks at any feed stores in probably 15 years. I don't
>> know why they don't have them any longer. Might be there are CA laws
>> about selling animals that are just too onerous for a seasonal thing
>> like that. Or they got stuck with chicks that didn't sell and quit. We
>> always bought ours mail-order because we could specify what we wanted
>> instead of whatever the feed store had.
>> We used to have a local livestock auction as well, lots of poultry there
>> - usually not chicks though - but you took your chances of getting a
>> sick animal and you just knew all the roosters were going to end up in
>> cockfights. That closed down about 5 years ago but I did hear they
>> reopened recently.
>>
>> Cyndi
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>> Behalf Of Pam Evans
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:00 PM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT - baby chicks
>>
>> Don't any of your feed stores sell baby chicks?   Ours do here.
>>
>> On 3/31/09, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI <
>> cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I just looked at their website and they are sold out until May too!
>>> Hopefully there are some reliable ones around too.
>>>
>>> Cyndi
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>>> Behalf Of Daryl
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 4:33 PM
>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT - baby chicks
>>>
>>> I ordered from Ideal Poultry in Texas last summer. Good service,
>>> wonderfully
>>> healthy chicks. I've ordered from McMurray before, and these are just
>>>
>> as
>>
>>>
>>> good.
>>> http://www.ideal-poultry.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI"
>>> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:20 PM
>>> Subject: [CHAT] OT - baby chicks
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone have a recommendation for a mail-order hatchery besides
>>>>
>>> Murray
>>
>>> McMurray? My nephew is ready to order but M.M. doesn't have anything
>>>> available for months - I don't know if they got socked by weather or
>>>>
>>> are
>>>
>>>> just sold out already.
>>>>
>>>> Cyndi
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Pam Evans
>> Kemp TX
>> zone 8A
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> Inland Jim
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