This is NOT a 7(?) weeks old speckled Sussex

[fluffycrow]

Israel. We are notoriously known for having bad customer service. They also sell chicks for like 20$ a piece. And they provide no sexing. But somehow I’m very lucky and only get girls…
If you get chicks from backyard breeders, they would many times trick you into getting males. Because that is just the way things work in my country.
I must say my Rhode Island reds came from a backyard breeder, and they are PERFECT. But I DID end up with 2 cocks, one hen and a dead pullet…

Our hatcheries are a little different, they only sell 1 and a half month olds and up, so sexing is very on point. Maybe next time try hatching eggs from backyard breeders, since getting scammed when buying 5 birds is much more easily done

 

[LaFleche]

Israel. We are notoriously known for having bad customer service.

Haha, don't fret. It is almost the same in Germany.
It is as if "customer service" would mean that the customer has to serve!

 

[Paz]

Our hatcheries are a little different, they only sell 1 and a half month olds and up, so sexing is very on point. Maybe next time try hatching eggs from backyard breeders, since getting scammed when buying 5 birds is much more easily done

Oh yes, I’ve done that, and it’s great! You can also drive across the border and get breeds that better suit our weather.

 

[fluffycrow]

Oh yes, I’ve done that, and it’s great! You can also drive across the border and get breeds that better suit our weather.

I've got an acquaintance who gets their birds from family in Albania. They're mixes of mixes, but extremely hardy birds

 

[Paz]

Our hatcheries are a little different, they only sell 1 and a half month olds and up, so sexing is very on point. Maybe next time try hatching eggs from backyard breeders, since getting scammed when buying 5 birds is much more easily done

The hatchery does have older birds, but they TOO are not sexed. As if you can’t sex a three months old cockerel!
I mean, I can’t, but MOST people can.

 

[fluffycrow]

Haha, don't fret. It is almost the same in Germany.
It is as if "customer service" would mean that the customer has to serve!

×3

 

[Paz]

Haha, don't fret. It is almost the same in Germany.
It is as if "customer service" would mean that the customer has to serve!

Have you tried leaving the cable company?

 

[fluffycrow]

The hatchery does have older birds, but they TOO are not sexed. As if you can’t sex a three months old cockerel!
I mean, I can’t, but MOST people can.

Yeah at that point they should easily be sexed. Since you're picking your birds up, can't you point out to the seller the obvious extra males?

 

[Paz]

Yeah at that point they should easily be sexed. Since you're picking your birds up, can't you point out to the seller the obvious extra males?

Well. My RIR were pretty late bloomers. The cock I kept did not crow until he was 9 months old. And it took me until he was 5 months old to know for sure he was a he. I am REALLY bad at sexing birds.

 

[Paz]

Yeah at that point they should easily be sexed. Since you're picking your birds up, can't you point out to the seller the obvious extra males?

And also, in the Luli hatchery, you don’t pick them up yourself. They get them ready, and you take them. I got the chicks and SAW with my eyes that the chicks were yellow. I’m just too stupid, I thought, oh, the RIRxLeghorn were yellow and turned to be brown. So they will just turn into a different colour… I’m stupid. It’s MY fault