Woodville Ace Chicken Blog

Chick season 2022 is here! We begin with our first batch on Jan 27, 2022. Anice ChickenLady, has retired due to health issues. But Woodville Ace will be doing chicken business as usual. Join our Woodville Ace Chicken Group on Facebook, a link is in the left hand column. On this blog you will find a list of hatch dates for birds ordered, CLICK ON "What's coming in?". To get your pre-paid special orders in call or come in to assure you get the birds you want.

Monday, May 31, 2021

Last Call Ya'll! We still have some chicks! Last Chance for this season.

ONE WEEK OLD

Golden Comet

New Hampshire

Black Austalorp

NEW CHICKS

Buff Orphington

Barred Rock

Ameraucana

All Pullets $4.00 each

While they last!

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Chick Season 2021 at Woodville Ace will wrap up next week

Our brooder is full of chicks!

This week we have both Silver and Gold laced Wyandottes

In the brooder today we have:

2 weeld old

Black Sexlinks

Partridge Rock

Gold laced wyandotte

1 week old

Rhode Island Red

Ameraucana

Barred Rock

1 day old

Silver laced Wyandotte

New Hampshire

Golden Comet

Light Brahma

Black Austalorps

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Eggs of a different color!

When we buy our baby chicks we are all excited with the fuzzy little babies and how needy they are to brood, clean and care for. Weeks later we turn our teenagers out into the coop, all gangling with feathers every which way, and hope nothing eats them. But when our young full grown hens start laying eggs, it is a day to Celibate! Success!

What color of eggs do you want?

Each breed of chicken is unique to it's egg color. You have the most common Brown Egg and White Egg from common or production hens. But in the back yard flock you can have a basket full of color every day!

I have people tell me they can taste the difference, in the different color of eggs. I honestly can say, I have never been able to tell one from another. BUT I can tell you if they are store bought eggs!

This week in our Brooder we have those Chicks!

Cuckoo Maran: Dark Brown Egg

Brown Leghorn: White Egg

Ameraucana: Green to Blue

Olive Eggers: Shades of Green from dark to light

Cream Legbar: mostly Baby Blue, but can also be light green/blue

Everything else in our brooder this week lays brown eggs.

FACT: Once a chicken lays a certain color egg (brown, green or blue) it always lays that color egg.

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Our Chick season is winding down but we still have lots of chicks to choose from

We have 12 different breeds of chicks in our brooder today and more coming in this week. The ONE WEEK OLD, soon to be two weeks old:

Columbian Rock Cross Barnevelder

Black Jersey Giant Red Cross

Brown Leghorn Barred Rock Silver Wyandotte

From last weeks order:

Black Austalorp Ameraucana Light Brahama

Black Laced Red Wyandotte Cuckoo Maran

Special Orders, Policies and Procedures

Special Orders

ALL special orders for chickens are PRE-PAID!

A Pre-Paid Chicken Special Order form (yellow) will be filled out and completed by an employee, paid either in person or over the phone. When chicks arrive the Special order chicks will be put on hold. Customer will be called when chicks
arrive. The customer has 24 hours to pick up chicks. If chicks are not picked up within 24 hours, the hold will be released and chicks will be sold to first come first served. Customers can wait for another delivery of chicks or receive a refund for the chicks purchased.

This policy allows our coops to clear out between orders and
chicks get the best of care in our brooder.

Special Request

We can special order rare birds, which includes, chickens, ducks, guineas, geese, turkeys. During the season we will order common chickens, ducks, guineas and turkey. If you have a special request of a rare breed bird that we can buy from our hatcheries, there will be a minimum order and charges will apply. Arrivals will depend on the hatchery, availability, and if other customers also request these rare birds. Let us know what you are looking for, yet we don't guarantee we can deliver your request. Ask an employee to fill out a Request Chicken Special Order form (blue) for your request.

Chick Deliveries

Chicks usually arrive on Thursday in the AM. At times they
are delayed by weather or traffic conditions. These chicks come through the postal service and are picked up as soon as they arrive in Tallahassee. Please respect that the first hour is critical for these 1 day old chick. We must count chicks, get them into the coops and set them up with their first food and water. Special orders will be called when chicks are settled into the coop.

Handling Chicks

Our coops are not Self Serve.

Please ask for assistance when
purchasing chicks, you are welcome to open the coops and pick up chicks for inspections. Children MUST be accompanied by an adult when handling chicks. Please use hand sanitizer or wash hands after handling chicks. If there is a sold or hold sign on the coop, a number of these chicks are special orders (pre-paid) and are not for sale.

NO Refunds

We DO NOT REFUND dead or sick chicks! Live animals are your responsibility once you take them from the store. Inspect your chicks before purchase, if chicks do not appear healthy please tell an employee.

Who is the Blogger?

My name is Anice Taylor-Maloy, I am the Woodville Ace Hardware
Chicken Blogger. I began my employment at Woodville Ace in November 2011 as Sales Associate and Master Gardner in our garden center. My experience with farming, gardening, keeping chickens and ducks (and many other farm animals) evolved into me becoming the” Chicken Lady” and yes, sometimes I am “Crazy”. As a Permaculture Designer and instructor, my experiences have led me on many adventure into utilizing animals into our daily lives and backyard farming. I don’t consider myself a chicken expert, but I have learned a lot, I do love to share my knowledge and experience. I am always the student, always learning, always researching and really enjoy blogging. My blogging experience began in 2011, when I traveled to Nova Scotia and Quebec, Canada to study Permaculture. I hope you enjoy the Woodville Ace Chicken Blog. I am always open to feed back or
comments, you may contact me at 850-421-9000. Thank You for reading.

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