performance Poultry

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:56 pm

Thanks, Baron! The prices for Embdens are really good, and they're fairly close. Maybe I will try a handful next year, though it's my general practice not to buy birds from people that couldn't be bothered to spell breed names correctly.

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:32 am

Couvoir Simetin is another hatchery but no listing on geese. their business seems to be ducks for fois gras.

JimW · Post by **JimW** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:43 pm

baronrenfrew wrote:QR_BBPOST Www, Elevages Carfio http://www.carfio.com has Embdens and a decent list of waterfowl and game birds (chickens crazy expensive) and they are near Cornwall at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield quebec

I purchased my French Guinea keets from Elevages Carfio last year, good healthy birds. Planning on getting some more guineas and some chukar partridge this year.

Post by **thejonesboy** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:46 am

JimW wrote:QR_BBPOST I purchased my French Guinea keets from Elevages Carfio last year, good healthy birds. Planning on getting some more guineas and some chukar partridge this year.

How big are the partridges after processing Jim?

jennbarnes · Post by **jennbarnes** » Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:04 am

I've order a bunch of leghorns. Dark browns, light browns, reds, exchequer. Get them at the end of month. Pretty excited to finally get my babies!!

WaupoosCowgirl · Post by **WaupoosCowgirl** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:58 am

Just got an email confirming my pick up day, this Saturday 10 am! Now gotta get building.

WaupoosCowgirl · Post by **WaupoosCowgirl** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 1:52 pm

Picked up my order this morning. They were unable to give me any of the rose comb brown leghorns I ordered and could only give me 8 of the 10 mottled javas I ordered. When I got home and unpacked the boxes I was short 1 Delaware chick...oh well. The chicks are lively and look healthy thus far, what a beautiful place they have there!

Post by **Killerbunny** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 3:18 pm

Congrats!

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 7:14 pm

I got my chicks from Performance today too. I got all the breeds I wanted, the chicks look vigorous and happy but almost all had pasty butts. All but the buff rocks and boy are they a suprise! Huge chicks, even though they are pullets, and high energy. I got dark cornish, barred holland and buff rocks. The barred hollands are the smallest and weakest of the chicks but they seem to be holding their own. I'll have to take a photo of the head spots so you can tell me how many pullets I have, they only had straight run so I got 10. My husband was down in the County today anyway so it worked out perfectly for him to pick them up. He's such a sweetie, he turned the heat way up in the van and drove home shirtless

Pictures to follow.

Jaye · Post by **Jaye** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 7:24 pm

Pictures of the new chicks, not pictures of your shirtless hubby, right?

Looking forward to pics of new chicks.

I've heard anecdotal evidence that putting a little ACV with the mother in their water helps with pasty butt. No idea if there's anything to that, since I haven't had any experience with pasty butt chicks.
ETA: P.S. Kudos to your hubby for going above and beyond.