Chicks, Children, and Easter

Date sort Score sort
Tumbleweed Farm said:
Wow. That is too much. Let us know how it goes.
Click to expand...


Just got the text.
They were very sorry that they were sold out. 200 chicks in less then 5 days. They were also sorry to let her know they had tried to reorder and the hatchery was sold out also so no more this year. She didnt think to ask before pissing them off what hatchery they went through.
I actually have a bit of a history with this place. Twice they have contacted me about building my coops to sell in their stores.
They had seen a couple and really liked how well they were made and how good they looked. They were trying to sell something better then those china coops.
everytime I can up with a model they wanted it cheaper and less fancy. It got to the point that my coop would of been as flimsy as the chinese ones. I couldnt put my name on something that cheaply made.
They also couldnt understand why I wouldnt make a coop to had $150 in materials to sell for them for $200 and they would sell them for $400. That design would of been at least one long day to build and they wanted me to also deliver to their three different locations.
Not the smartest bunch out there.
 
Dont sound very smart. They sure sold a lot of chicks. Don't think they care if most folks could not be zoned for them. Without a doubt they sent them home with chick starter, waterers and feeders. A real win win for them

My husband has built me 3 really nice coops. My first coop was a chick n hutch for 350. I used it 2 yrs and hubby hauled to dump. Probably from China
 
Tumbleweed Farm said:
This morning someone posted the following disturbing picture on Facebook of dyed day old chicks riding on a hatchery conveyor belt.. Everyone was saying, aawww, how cute, brings back memories, etc. This is plain and simple wrong, it encourages non chicken owners to buy the little fellars they are ill prepared to care for. So abusive and sad.


Click to expand...

Oh My gosh that photo is wrong it hurts to dye chicks Imagine what they went through
somad.gif
 
It doesnt hurt them and they go through the same thing as any other hatchery chicks. Problem is when they are sold to people that buy them because they are cute. A lot are impulse buys from people that have no idea what they need to thrive. Many will chill and die and many will be looked at more as a toy and crushed to death or broken wings legs etc.
If you have the room put an ad on your local CL asking to take in any of these easter pets no questions asked.
 
Last edited:
The sides of that photo look odd... regardless of whether that photo has been edited or not the practice of dyeing chicks does happen. I saw a video when looking for chirping chicks on youtube (trying to accustom my dogs to the sounds of chicks before they got here) and saw a video where the people shooting the video place a shiny piece of foil in with some colored chicks. Naturally it started a game of keep away and the person panned the camera up and you see THOUSANDS of colored chicks everywhere. It was crazy. I showed it to my grandmother and she got excited and told me that the store she worked at when she was young sold pink and blue chicks at Easter. For her it was exciting because it brought back memories of her youth selling cute chicks, but she is 87 and back then I think people viewed things like that differently.

I feel bad for those chicks. I spend a lot of time caring for and checking on mine. I have trouble imaging that a parent who impulse buys a chick or two for their small children will be remotely interested in putting that kind of care into ensuring the survival and appropriate care for the chicks. Also, God love small children, but not many of them have fine motor control and could accidentally kill or injure a tiny chick. Live animal buys for holidays rarely works out in the animal's favor.
 
bantamrooster said:
... they sold out 200 chicks in less then 5 days. They were also sorry to let her know they had tried to reorder and the hatchery was sold out also so no more this year. She didn't think to ask before pissing them off what hatchery they went through...
Click to expand...

Rereading your post actually made me wonder if the hatcheries doing this are using male chicks since it is hard to get people to take male chicks otherwise.
 
JetsChickens said:
The sides of that photo look odd... regardless of whether that photo has been edited or not the practice of dyeing chicks does happen.  I saw a video when looking for chirping chicks on youtube (trying to accustom my dogs to the sounds of chicks before they got here) and saw a video where the people shooting the video place a shiny piece of foil in with some colored chicks.  Naturally it started a game of keep away and the person panned the camera up and you see THOUSANDS of colored chicks everywhere.  It was crazy.  I showed it to my grandmother and she got excited and told me that the store she worked at when she was young sold pink and blue chicks at Easter.  For her it was exciting because it brought back memories of her youth selling cute chicks, but she is 87 and back then I think people viewed things like that differently.  

I feel bad for those chicks.  I spend a lot of time caring for and checking on mine.  I have trouble imaging that a parent who impulse buys a chick or two for their small children will be remotely interested in putting that kind of care into ensuring the survival and appropriate care for the chicks.  Also, God love small children, but not many of them have fine motor control and could accidentally kill or injure a tiny chick.  Live animal buys for holidays rarely works out in the animal's favor.
Click to expand...


Well said Jet!
 
JetsChickens said:
Rereading your post actually made me wonder if the hatcheries doing this are using male chicks since it is hard to get people to take male chicks otherwise.
Click to expand...


Its not like that. They do not dye the chicks. They inject food color into the eggs before incubation. The chicks hatch out with colored down. They quickly feather out as a regular colored chick with a small amount or tint of color that is soon lost completely. They use white chicks as the dye shows up the brightest on the yellow down. This year is the first time a saw any that werent leghorns or plymouth rocks. In the 70s it was very popular back then they hatched dyed pekin ducks also.
Im not gonna say someone doesnt see them and assume how it was done and throw, dunk or spray chicks with who knows what but that isnt how the hatcheries do it. They hatch straight run.
 
JetsChickens said:
The sides of that photo look odd... regardless of whether that photo has been edited or not the practice of dyeing chicks does happen. I saw a video when looking for chirping chicks on youtube (trying to accustom my dogs to the sounds of chicks before they got here) and saw a video where the people shooting the video place a shiny piece of foil in with some colored chicks. Naturally it started a game of keep away and the person panned the camera up and you see THOUSANDS of colored chicks everywhere. It was crazy. I showed it to my grandmother and she got excited and told me that the store she worked at when she was young sold pink and blue chicks at Easter. For her it was exciting because it brought back memories of her youth selling cute chicks, but she is 87 and back then I think people viewed things like that differently.

I feel bad for those chicks. I spend a lot of time caring for and checking on mine. I have trouble imaging that a parent who impulse buys a chick or two for their small children will be remotely interested in putting that kind of care into ensuring the survival and appropriate care for the chicks. Also, God love small children, but not many of them have fine motor control and could accidentally kill or injure a tiny chick. Live animal buys for holidays rarely works out in the animal's favor.
Click to expand...
Yea Just remember chicks grow into chickens and most young kids cant care for a chicken. and most chickens to kids look kind of weird or scary even
 

Similar threads

Katiegeez
Do chicks bully?
Replies
6
Views
2K
cackleberryandco
cackleberryandco
Chicken poppy
    • Like
    • Informative
Answer of the day #004 Chick Checklist
2
Replies
18
Views
3K
NatJ
NatJ
SistaChick
    • Sad
    • Like
I am frustrated and sad..... stupid rooster.
2 3
Replies
26
Views
3K
Erin80
Erin80
prestoconfuoco
Giving away four rooster chicks. 5th is a pullet. Any way to keep her?
Replies
2
Views
340
Mrs. K
Mrs. K
D
    • Like
    • Informative
Finished my first flock of Chickens
2 3
Replies
20
Views
5K
De Bauer
D

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom