"snarkiness" can also be brought on simply by the way someone is approached.....
Just out of curiosity, why did you email them?......Are you interested in their birds?...
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I'm not going to post what exactly was exchanged, but they were very evasive and got rather upset and snarky...
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I agree that feedback from personal experience is extremely helpful and valuable.
but when the comments go beyond personal experience to include false or questionable statements and spreading rumors, this is not helpful.
This crosses over into "bashing territory".
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..........I've seen this photo before in another thread......that is THEIR photo....the other company borrowed it from THEM..this issue was already settled there......
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HOGWASH!........They were never banned!...They are members now!.....readers....please be extremely careful when reading some of these posts......"breeder bashing" is a bad sign....most likely sour grapes......
Moderators, if you allow breeder bashing you should allow people to stick up...
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I learned this a few years ago and it still holds true:
If a seller uses USPS Priority Click-n-Ship online & schedules a pick-up of their egg packages (rather than actually taking the packages to the Post Office) the packages are NOT scanned at the original Post Office....This does...
You can't expect your eggs to look EXACTLY like the picture.... Most of those photos are taken when egg color is at its best.. This shows you what the BEST color eggs you can expect from the birds you will hatch....
I'm sure you probably got pure Ameraucana... you just have to expect this time...
I bought a small flock of Silver Sebrights for my 5 Grandchildren to enjoy when they come to visit..and show in the local County fair in the Summers... Those little guys are egg laying machines!.... My wife fell in love with them.. really sweet too! ......................the wife and the birds...
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Some can still get over with one wing clipped...... My OEG flock have to have both wings clipped...... If I only do one I find them in Albuquerque the next day..... I got tired of the drive..................
FrenchBlackCopper wrote: I don't think it was the actual seller that my eggs came from that has outcrossed but the volume of eggs they sell as hatching eggs, I'm sure I'm not the first and only person that has had these issues with them.But I do have a very,very good idea of which self...
DT chickens: 90% of the time those people on ebay have horrible stock and are just like the people at a flea market, just out to make a buck. Nothing more... "
That is an outrageous and ABSURD statement!!!............................. You have NO way of backing up that statement and many...
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I think most people have enough common sense to know that the majority of pictures posted by hatcheries are representations of the breed. I don't perceive this as some sort of major offense that requires legislation....... I really don't see it as much different than buying my...
I was just on Mother Earth News website and came across an article about hatching eggs that grabbed my attention.. I recognized the author as BYC's very own The Farmers Wife..... !!
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Happy-Homesteader/Shipped-Hatching-Eggs.aspx
Great article Julie!.. Good...