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That's what we do. You might have heard my friends and I yell out a few times. That's a shame about the ducklings. If they just ran the check out office better, they would have a better auction. I don't blame that guy that got mad and threw the halters and lead ropes back into the...
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Things at the end of that auction always go cheap. It's because all of the real serious buyers have already left their seats to go pay for their stuff. It's because it takes so long to check out. There were only 8 or 9 people in front of me in the pay line, and it took 1 1/2 hours...
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We sometimes ride our horses at Branched Oak.
We do too!! We should ride together sometime! What do you ride? I mostly ride our Palamino QH, and our White Foxtrotter.
I ride a Haflinger.
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Next time, sell them separately. You will get the low price for the roo and much more for the hen. As a pair they will only go for what you would get for the roo. It's the hens that everybody wants. Unless the roo is very exceptional and there is somebody looking for exactly the roo...
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Yes, that was me. I saw a guy that was looking at all the button quail in the coffee cans. Was that you? I was looking for a couple of silkies. I saw the blue pair. I liked the hen, but I can't take any more roos. That's why I didn't bid. I did buy 2 nice Mille Fleur girls...
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Last spring, somebody brought in a lot of nice bantams. If you stayed till the end, there was some beautiful MF D'uccles that went for $6 each. I didn't buy them because my neighbor and I already had 8 chickens in the back seat for the ride home.
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It can go either way. Sometimes there are pheasants there. Sometimes there aren't. There always chickens, waterfowl and peafowl. Sometimes the selection is great. Sometimes it's not so great. It's a gamble. I am looking for Easter Eggers, Ameraucanas, or something that trips my...