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It's Almost Chick Time!

1/30/2013

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Did you know that  chicks hatched and purchased in March will be laying eggs by late August? Our first shipment of chicks for 2015 will arrive Thursday, February 19.  We'll have new arrivals every Thursday through mid-April, plus an extra shipment the Tuesday before Easter. 

Each week we'll have 25 pullets (female chicks) from 3 to 5 different egg-laying breeds.  See the following list of descriptions of breeds.  There will also be a few shipments with specialty assortments such as "Dark Brown Egg Layers" and "Feather Leg Standard Breeds", which are great to add some interest and variety to your flock.  If you're looking for a rooster, we can usually add roosters as a special order to an existing shipment if requested in advance.  On various weeks, we'll also have assorted, unsexed baby ducks, Bantams, and/or guinea fowl.

Please call or come by to see the price list and schedule of chicks for each week, and to reserve your chicks!

**post updated 12/26/15**
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Gold Sex Links
Excellent brown egg layer, developed for commercial egg production.
Large body size, useful for meat also.
Hens are very light red with white tails; roosters are solid white.
Very easily sexed as chicks because male chicks are solid light yellow, while females are golden with red on their backs, thus the term "sex links".

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Black Sex Links
Excellent brown egg layer, developed for commercial egg production.
Hens are solid black with reddish gold front neck plumage; roosters are barred black & white with a touch of gold plumage.
Very easily sexed as chicks because both are solid black but males have white spots on their heads while female heads are solid; thus the term "sex links".

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Ameracaunas
Excellent layer of light green to bluish eggs: "Easter Egg bird".
Large body size.
Many colors from black to reddish to white, with notably full muffled jowls, beards and tail feathers.
Chicks can be multiple colors and will have distinctive puffed "cheeks".  Often confused with Araucanas, a less common breed.  Green/blue eggs at one time were promoted to be lower in cholesterol, but this has been proven false. 
**Every year, Ameracaunas prove to be the most popular breed at Linseisen's and sell out quickly!**


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Barred Plymouth Rocks
Excellent brown egg producer.
Large body size, useful for meat also.
Barred black & white, with hens showing more black than roosters.
Similar to Dominiques, but are better layers and have single combs. 

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Rhode Island Reds
Excellent brown egg producer.
Large body size.
Dark mahogany red plumage.
Popular old breed great for both egg and meat production. 

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Silver Laced Wyandottes
Very good brown egg producer.
Medium body size.
Similar to barred coloration, black (with greenish tint) laced with silvery gray striping on each feather.
Beautiful coloring and docile nature make this old breed very popular.

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Production Reds
Excellent brown egg layer.
Medium body size.
Shades of light to dark red, lighter than Rhode Island Reds.
Known for its prolific laying of large eggs, it's often called the "Cherry Egger". 

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Ideal 236
Excellent white egg layer.
Medium-large body size.
White plumage with a few black specks.
Better suited to the family flock than commercial white egg layers like the White Leghorn, but with similar productivity, livability and strong eggs. Original cross bred by Ideal Poultry.

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Buff Orpingtons
Good brown egg layer.
Large body size with fluffy rich golden buff feathers that make it appear even bigger.
Coloring and quiet disposition make this a popular breed.

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Black Australorps
Excellent brown egg producer.
Medium-large body size.
Solid black plumage with a green sheen.
Known especially for laying very efficiently even during very hot weather and for long periods.  Chicks will have white on wing tips until fully mature, when it will turn solid black.

Photo credits to Ideal Hatchery www.ideal-hatchery.com
3 Comments
mandi@herbanhomestead link
1/31/2013 11:11:54 pm

Will you be carrying any broilers this year?

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Carey @ Linseisen's
2/2/2013 12:30:23 am

We usually do not get requests for broilers so we don't have any ordered. We would be glad to add them on to any existing order, just let us know!

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Sue
1/12/2015 12:15:05 am

I'm interested in trying my hand at guineafowl.

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