The French Pearl Guinea are the same breed. If you are going to get guineas i suggest you start with a small flock 5-10 for your yard. They eat a lot of ticks, but are very noisy and love to travel to your neighbors. They don't do well in a coop but do produce a small white egg. they are $7.00 each.
It has been a wonderful chick season. This is our last order for the year. We will begin again in January 2023!
We thank all our chicken loving customers for buy chicks from Woodville Ace in 2022.
I would like to give Bryan a big "Thank You!" for taking over my duties and keeping customers in chicks, turkeys, ducks, guinea, polish silkies and more. He has done a great job!
We still have a coop full of chicks and this week we will have,
Ameraucana 25
Buff Orphingtons 25
Rhode Island Red 25
We still have a nice selection of chicks in the brooder, including the Golden Cuckoo Marans, and the Cream Legbar, both are unique egg layers and make a great addition to any flock.
This week we will have more ducks, geese and turkeys!
Every week till the end of May our brooder will be full of new baby chicks. Our chicks are always Pullets, meaning they are 90% female, (silkies, bantams are straight run). And you can always pre-pay special orders, you will be called when your chicks come in and you have 24 hours to pick them up..
We have Rhode Island Blue, they are the same hardy breed and egg layers as the reds but have a blue body feathers. Nice addition to your flock.
The Blue Rock is another hardy Rock breed, good egg layer and gentle personality. These chickens are bred to give you a different look in your flock.
It has been a good season so far we have been selling out fast and deliveries of new chicks are coming in every week. Check out the left column on this blog for what has been ordered.
To secure your orders please either call in or come in and make a pre-paid order. When your chicks arrive you will be called and you have 24 hours to pick them up.
Mid to late March we will begin to get silkies, ducks, guinea and turkeys. please keep and eye on the blog for updates.
This is an exciting time! Waking up to chirping and watching them grow is family fun. In 16 to 18 weeks from the day you brought them home, they will begin to lay eggs for you. Starting in March the selection of chicks will increase, so watch the left column of this blog and make your plans to get some rare or uniquely birds to add to your flock.
In March we will start ordering ducks, turkeys, guineas and geese. Please come in and make a request for these special birds. Once birds are ordered and show up on the blog, We recommend that you come into the store and do a Pre-Paid Special Order so you will get the birds you want.
Woodville Ace starts selling chicks before anyone else in our area. Spring chicks mature fast and for most breeds start laying eggs at 18 weeks. Our brooder is set up and we have a good selection of common chicks ($4.00 each) to get you started. Of course it will be at least 8 weeks before they can go outside into your coop since they have no feathers or fat to protect them from the cold.
When it comes time to start introducing your 6-8 week old chicks outside do it very slowly. choose a warm sunny afternoon, set them out in the shade first for a few hours. I use an old dog crate without the tray, so they can scratch in the dirt. For about a week or so leave them out a little longer each day and eventually let them in the coop, if these are your only chicks.
If you are introducing them to an existing flock or older chickens, you need to keep them in a separate area or crate inside the coop, so they can figure out their pecking order through wire before they are allowed to be loose together. When that day comes to put them together, do it at night while they are on the roost. Set your young chickens beside the adults in the dark. when they wake up they usually accept the new comers as part of the flock. But still watch them to make sure no one is getting picked on. If so they go back in the crate and try again in a few days.
Our hatchery is Mt. Healthy. hatch dates are every Wednesday, the day old chicks usually arrive on Thursday morning. This will depend on weather and the US Post Office.
We have all feeds and chick supplies ready for you. please ask for assistance at the brood to get you started.
