Market Farming

[Vern and Amy <vaspencer AT sisna.com>]

Hi Beth and Aaron,
   I am new here today, so bear with me.  I have never seen a de-beaked 
bird in real life.  We have gotten chicks from a couple different 
hatcheries mailorder and had good success.  Most recently we started 
some from Mt. Healthy, and our neighbors that we went in with raise 
several hundred layers and lots of fryers naturally.  They were happier 
with Mt. Healthy Hatchery than more well-known hatcheries such as 
Privett, etc.  More robust chicks and arrive via mail a day faster even 
though they are coming from farther away.  We got ours before it started 
getting cold in Oct, but the neighbors were just getting more last 
week!  She said they only come debeaked from anywhere if you request it 
and pay extra for the extra labor in debeaking.  I believe the hatchery 
can put a self-contained heating pad in the box--don't let them sit at 
your local P.O. overnight anyway!--stay in contact with your postmaster.

Vern
Vern's Veggies and More!