Yes, I like to support local businesses too! I would have bought them locally if I could. Plus I was worried about them being shipped, after all the horror stories...
Nobody around here had Bielefelders, and Mt. Healthy does. AND (big thing for me), they had a minimum order of 3. Not 15, not...
Mine have done VERY well so far. I don't free range at all. I have about 165 sf in the run, and about 60 sf in the coop for 11 chickens. I got them in May, so they have come through a Michigan summer.
The run is covered, and I have the prevailing wind side (west) covered up to the roof. The...
I got 3 Buff Orpingtons from TSC when I first got chickens. (Hatchery quality)Unfortunately, all were cockerels. Two were unholy terrors, I kept the 3rd for two years, even though he was a butthead to me. I have a Jubilee Orpington from a breeder. American, and I can't compare the quality to...