http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=268x3000Oh my.
A primitive played the lottery and lost, and so now's whining.
Tumbulu (720 posts) Fri Nov-06-09 11:54 PM
Original message
Unlikely sex ratio from darkeggs.com
I bought 30 chicks supposedly straight run from darkeggs.com . They were breeds that you could tell the sex of the chick by it's coloring. But I had never had these breeds and was just going by what I read about them.
So, it has been 6 months now and out of 27 live chickens, three are hens and 24 are roosters.......they are all now beginning to fight with each other and I am pretty angry. I wrote an e-mail asking the owner how this could possibly be straight run, but so far no answer.
MineralMan (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-07-09 09:42 AM
Response to Original message
1. Chicken dinners, ready in the freezer.
Grandma, as usual always thoughtful:
hippywife (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-07-09 04:52 PM
Response to Original message
2. As far as I know straight run means you take your chances and get whatever hatches.
Still a bummer you ended up with so many roosters. I would never order straight run if I was using a hatchery.
Tumbulu (720 posts) Sat Nov-07-09 06:07 PM
Response to Reply #2
3. That was all that was offered on these breeds
There are a number of small hatcheries that offer only straight run on rare breeds. But I honestly do not think that they sent me straight runs at all. I think they just sent males.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-07-09 06:13 PM
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4. You might want to go with someone with a really reliable reputation next time, such as McMurray Hatcheries http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com /
Or even better, see if you can find a more local hatchery. Go meet the folks, talk to them about what you need if they hatch some of the rarer breeds.
Tumbulu (720 posts) Sun Nov-08-09 07:45 PM
Response to Reply #4
5. This was the most local hatchery with these breeds. Murry didn't have them and these guys are only 75 miles away from me. It is a small hatchery. I am just posting this so that anyone else here who buys chicks (which i rarely do as my hens usually have enough chicks) is warned.
LWolf (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-09-09 07:58 AM
Response to Reply #5
6. I'll certainly keep that in mind.
What kind of chicken were you trying to get?
Tumbulu (720 posts) Mon Nov-09-09 07:22 PM
Response to Reply #6
8. Welsummers and Chanticlers
They seemed like a nice different breed with very pretty feathers. I love to collect the feathers from the molting birds and make things with them. One year I bought hatching eggs from these breeds from people on e-bay, but my hens would sit on then for two weeks and then abandon them. I much prefer a hen to raise the chicks. But these we raised and tamed. Very frustrating.
LWolf (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-09-09 09:51 PM
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9. I hear that the Wellsummers lay a chocolate brown egg, similar to the Maran.
You might try keeping a banty to set eggs for you; they are quite broody.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-09-09 12:12 PM
Response to Reply #5
7. That IS a bummer.
Has he called you back yet? Hopefully he will try and help you out.
