Any place to buy chicks?

[hayley3]

I wonder where the OP is from, but same thing is happening here. *laughs* People are fickle. I worry about all the chicks that people are buying for when the pandemic is over and they realize there are still eggs in the supermarket.

 

[Hidrainja4]

chicks from Meyers pick up myself. about $4 a piece.
Pullets from Murray McMurray shipped $64 a piece that included the shipping.

 

[hayley3]

chicks from Meyers pick up myself. about $4 a piece.
Pullets from Murray McMurray shipped $64 a piece that included the shipping.

That is quite ridiculous, I know. They would sell more chicks if it wasn't so expensive.

 

[NatJ]

chicks from Meyers pick up myself. about $4 a piece.
Pullets from Murray McMurray shipped $64 a piece that included the shipping.

That is quite ridiculous, I know. They would sell more chicks if it wasn't so expensive.

That's not really a fair comparison.

The Meyers chicks are day-old (need brooder, heat, etc).
The McMurray pullets at that price are either 4 weeks old (no heat needed) or ready-to-lay.

McMurray certainly does sell day-old chicks, but not at that price, and they will not ship just one.

The very expensive single-bird price is also misleading because almost no-one buys just one--and shipping two together costs very little more than shipping one.

Given the price of brooders, heat lamps, chick feeders, chick waterers, chick food, and so forth--some people might find those started birds to be cheaper than starting with day-old chicks. (Depends on how many, what supplies the person already has, and so forth. Also causes the person to miss the cute fluffball stage.)

 

[NatJ]

So I’ve been raising chickens for a while now but I had to get rid of them before I went to college this past fall. I planned on raising some meat chickens this summer and I figured since I’m back earlier because of coronavirus I would just buy the chicks earlier than I planned to. Problem is from the looks of it every idiot in the country decided to panic buy every possible chick breed and now I can’t find anything online. Any idea? Thanks

Did you want cornish cross, or will other dual-purpose breeds work?
McMurray Hatchery seems to have quite a few cockerels available to ship within the next few weeks, of various dual-purpose (brown egg) breeds.
(I clicked on "currently available," then chose ship date April 13, standard chicks, males: lots of breeds on that list. I saw Rocks, Wyandottes, Australorps, Jersey Giants, Sexlinks, etc. Even "Murray's Big Red Broiler" had some male chicks available.)

They've also got assortments of all-male heavy-breed chicks, a bit cheaper per chick. (The per-chick price is still pretty high, compared with what's usual for Cornish Cross, but they do include shipping in the price, so at least you don't have to add that on as well.)

 

[Hidrainja4]

That's not really a fair comparison.

The Meyers chicks are day-old (need brooder, heat, etc).
The McMurray pullets at that price are either 4 weeks old (no heat needed) or ready-to-lay.

McMurray certainly does sell day-old chicks, but not at that price, and they will not ship just one.

The very expensive single-bird price is also misleading because almost no-one buys just one--and shipping two together costs very little more than shipping one.

Given the price of brooders, heat lamps, chick feeders, chick waterers, chick food, and so forth--some people might find those started birds to be cheaper than starting with day-old chicks. (Depends on how many, what supplies the person already has, and so forth. Also causes the person to miss the cute fluffball stage.)

That is exactly what I did. I bought Whiting True Blue Pullets from McMurray and Had them shipped because I wanted for sure blue egg layer. I paid $128 for two pullets and shipping, that is $64 a piece and you know what is misleading-They don't lay blue eggs!

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Got mine a week ago from TSC.

 

[Mamatomany123]

That is exactly what I did. I bought Whiting True Blue Pullets from McMurray and Had them shipped because I wanted for sure blue egg layer. I paid $128 for two pullets and shipping, that is $64 a piece and you know what is misleading-They don't lay blue eggs!

What age did you buy?I just looked and day old chicks are $3 for females and a minimum of 6 has to be ordered. 4 week olds are $23 per chick. When you buy chicks older than a few days they can get pricey.

 

[NatJ]

That is exactly what I did. I bought Whiting True Blue Pullets from McMurray and Had them shipped because I wanted for sure blue egg layer. I paid $128 for two pullets and shipping, that is $64 a piece and you know what is misleading-They don't lay blue eggs!

No blue eggs? What color eggs do they lay?
Considering that the whole POINT is to get blue eggs, that is really frustrating! I've been fantasizing about getting some for myself--but if they don't actually lay blue eggs, I clearly should not!

 

[Hidrainja4]

No blue eggs? What color eggs do they lay?
Considering that the whole POINT is to get blue eggs, that is really frustrating! I've been fantasizing about getting some for myself--but if they don't actually lay blue eggs, I clearly should not!

True blue they are not. I see green some people see gray or aqua . Some times in certain lighting and the eggs stay out in the air for a while I see a blue tint to the green. I wanted to try them as a sample . Did I really want to get into this breed? They are trainable but flighty and excellent producers of large eggs, a lot of leghorn in the bloodline. I could have bought cheap Easter Eggers and gotten the same results, well maybe not the production. So I have twenty blue splash marans coming this month. If I can't get blue I will try dark brown.