We have 27 chicks, and ordered 25 (they threw in an “exotic” freebie, and apparently one other extra).
They’ve been divided by size into two “brooding” boxes, (in about a week we’re planning to put them in a stall in the goat barn, weather depending).
def: Straight run = they could be male OR female. It’s cheaper to order them that way.
There are 12 different types of chicken breeds in the mix, counting the “exotic”, they are as follows:
Silver Spangled Hamburgs (1 female, 2 males), , eggs, entertainment and possible rooster candidate
Cornish Roaster (3 straight run), meat
Mille Fleur Bantam (1 straight run), entertainment and possible rooster candidate
Blue Laced Wyandotte (2 straight run), eggs or meat
Jumbo Cornish X Rock (2 straight run), meat
Araucana (2 females), eggs (they lay green eggs!)
Black Star (2 females), eggs
Golden Wyandotte (2 straight run), eggs or meat
Free Rare Exotic Chick (straight run), who knows!!!
Videos from Murray McMurray Hatchery, which is where we ordered our chicks.
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Golden Wyandotte (2 straight run), eggs or meat
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Blue Laced Wyandotte (2 straight run), eggs or meat
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Silver Laced Wyandotte (1 straight run), eggs or meat
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Black Giants (2 males, 2 females), eggs and meat
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Dark Cornish (2 males, 1 female), eggs and meat
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Jumbo Cornish X Rock (2 straight run), meat
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Araucana (2 females), eggs (they lay green eggs!)
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Black Star (2 females), eggs (no video)
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Silver Spangled Hamburgs (1 female, 2 males), , eggs, entertainment and possible rooster candidate
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Cornish Roaster (3 straight run), meat
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Mille Fleur Bantam (1 straight run), entertainment and possible rooster candidate
Erin, I so enjoyed this post…we had a similar one last year when we ordered from the same hatchery. We also said yes to the two free exotic chicks (who wouldn’t!)
I look forward to seeing what yours are and I hope you have better luck! Both ours ended up being Roosters: Princess Erin is a Welsummer (and was, unfortunately named before revealing his gender) and the other Carmen, a Polish Rooster. Carmen eventually became stew, he was a huge pain in the butt and beat up on all the hens. Princess Erin lives day-to-day, we really have no purpose for him but he’s just so darn pretty you hate to lose him. If he ever turns mean though we won’t give it a second though
We also ended up with a Light Brahma Rooster (Frodo) in our all female order…He too eludes the chopping block on a daily basis
Okay, now looking back, looks like this was your last year post too
Ohhh, the roosters… I definitely learned a lesson on the “straight run” gamble. And unfortunately we lost all but one of our hens once they started free ranging with the adults. A week of predator hits (still no clue what it was), awful.
Still have our exotic, he turned out to be a black cochin banty!
Of course, as I shared on FB, our favorites have turned out to be the black and red stars. Our absolute favorite, and total pet is Adventure Chicken – https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.408337692511830.103808.377917202220546&type=3