OUTSTANDING
"Excellent birds & great customer service!!!
I'm not one to give praise when undeserved, but we are sold on J.M. Hatchery.
We ordered 100 colored chickens, 15 guinea, 15 muscovy, & 15 campbells. Out of all those we lost only one chick and that was after there was a mistake with the post office and the chicks were an extra day with the post office.
We'll have to post after processing the birds in order to report more."
Aug 06 2009, 16:38 PMby Old McRonald's Grass Fed Farm
very pleased with these chicks!
"We ordered 100 of these last summer and were very pleased with the end result. We free-ranged all day from 4 weeks on, with supplemental feed only at night.They happily forgaed just like any other chicken. Butchered most at 11 weeks, average dressed weight was 4.5 pounds, with some monsters well over 6 pounds. All were still fully feathered and beautiful, unlike the bald, nasty looking cornish broilers. Kept a few back for our flock and they have been decent layers, laying usually every other day, calm, friendly, easy to manage chickens. We kept one rooster who is now nearing a year old and when last weighed a few months ago, was 16 pounds! He has only recently began limping some, likely from jumping down from roosts and incessanty chasing hens, and so he will unfortunately end up in the freezer as well. Otherwise, not one of the other chickens had any leg issues at all, and the few losses we had were accidental, save for one that dropped dead for no obvious reason at 9 weeks. They all were very meaty, tender, and tasted fabulous, customers were delighted and increased their orders this year. Just order 150 more- you will not be disappointed with these birds!"
Jul 27 2009, 13:12 PMby michelle schwake
Good experience raising and eating these
"We butchered our rangers at 11 weeks, with none dressing at less than 5#, and some up over 7# dressed weight. They remained vigorous, calm, and thrifty, and continued to forage in the pasture even at those high weights. They never got any medicated feed or other medication, and never got sick. Very easy birds to manage, and beautiful to look at. And they are delicious and meaty."
Jul 13 2009, 03:27 AMby Heather Houlahan, Brandywine Farm
4-H Broiler chicks
"We ordered (50) chicks for my 3 kids' 4-H broiler chicks. They arrived last Friday and are doing great. I am so anxious to see how they do. We only have 7 weeks to get them up to a minimum of 4 pounds (max. of 7 lbs.). Everyone in our county orders from one hatchery and gets cornish rock X's. We didn't want cornish rocks and my sister has ordered from JM Hatchery in the past and been very pleased, so we thought we would give it a try. It's only been 3 days now, but they're doing great and we haven't lost any of them - despite the fact that we have 2 Jack Russell dogs who would love to have a few for a meal. I'll have to post again later to let you know how they did at the county fair. It's August 14th. If we win, I'm sure that everyone will want to know where we got them from."
Jun 29 2009, 10:15 AMby Jenny Hodge
Colored Broilers
"Our first batch of the colored broilers was super!! Butchered them on June 8th (9 weeks) and they ended up 4-6.5 pounds dressed weight. I actually moved the butcher date up a week as they were looking really big. We used a day range system, electric poultry netting moved daily, with additional 23% free feeding them all during the day only. Looking forward to using these chicks again next year. I was very pleasantly surprised especially after growing cornish cross for many years with mixed results and birds with unsound legs. We only lost 3! That includes shipping, brooding, grow-out, and transporting to processor. Keep up the good work."
Jun 22 2009, 15:45 PMby Tai Johnson-Spratt
farmer
"These are the best broilers! I just sent 50 out of my order of 100 to the processor and at only 9 weeks, they were in the 4-5 dressed weight range. No losses at all from illness or unthriftiness (my german shepard got a couple, dad burn it). 2 developed leg problems, but recovered without having to be culled. Great choice for a free range/pastured setting. Getting ready to order 100 more to keep up with demand! Thanks JM hatchery staff!"
Jun 12 2009, 10:51 AMby Katrina Kohout
Broilers
"I just ordered 25 broilers and received 26 healthy chicks just wanted to say thanks and will post later how they do thanks
Dave"
May 17 2009, 16:40 PMby Tabletopfarm.com
Amazed
"I cannot say enough good things about the colored range broilers! What a pleasant and amazing difference than the typical hybrid meat birds. They are everything you claimed, and so much more!
Ellen"
May 11 2009, 22:57 PMby Zephyr Creek Farms
Nice order of birds
"All 102 arrived in wonderful condition three weeks ago. They are growing vigorously, with only one loss due to an accident -- no unthrifty birds. They are gaining nicely, and are active and attractive, feathering out appropriately. Will go out onto range next week (mid-May). I will be holding on to a couple of them to join the laying flock, just because I like the way they look.
Thank you for making these birds available in the US market!"
May 09 2009, 13:59 PMby Heather Houlahan, Brandywine Farm
Colored Range Chicks 1 week
"The 102 chicks arrived on time and were extremely vigorous even after their trans-continental journey. They took right to food and water, running and scratching in their litter immediately. We're really looking forward to July when they go for processing."
Apr 25 2009, 22:54 PMby Franna
