“Clearance Bin” at Tractor Supply

[WordHulveyHomestead]

They are a mix.....silkies, frizzles, Americana(probably EEs),bantams, I think maybe a Brahma or two and something with a C that I can’t remember. Not something we have already though.
We have Brahmas, RIRs, EEs, Black Star, Wyandottes, Plymouth Barred, blue sapphire, naked necks and leghorns.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Yes I agree, but like you said she has seen chicks crushed by employees that just don't pay attention to what they are doing. I believe like the post person said, over stocking the tanks contributes to this.

That falls under my category of "a management failure," and a stupid one, but crosses the line of the venn diagram into "carelessness to the point of cruelty."

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

Wow do they really need to walk in the tanks? I would think they just reach over. It's like 2ft tall.

Lmao I'm sorry I should of elaborated, they crush them putting water containers and food in the troughs.

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

That falls under my category of "a management failure," and a stupid one, but crosses the line of the venn diagram into "carelessness to the point of cruelty."

Absolutely agree, but like she complains that management doesn't do anything to stop it.

 

[Kessel23]

Lmao I'm sorry I should of elaborated, they crush them putting water containers and food in the troughs.

Oh, well I can imagine that better than a grown man walking around in one of those tiny brooders. It still must take a lot of carelessness to kill a chick like that.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Absolutely agree, but like she complains that management doesn't do anything to stop it.

Also a management failure.

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

Oh, well I can imagine that better than a grown man walking around in one of those tiny brooders. It still must take a lot of carelessness to kill a chick like that.

She has just confirmed they are allowed 100 chicks per tank. She said employees just plop the feeders etc in the tanks with out watching for babies under them.

 

[Kessel23]

She has just confirmed they are allowed 100 chicks per tank. She said employees just plop the feeders etc in the tanks with out watching for babies under them.

Well that's pretty awful. The one I went to last night was running very well. They had an extra tiny brooder set up for sick chicks and the girl who was grabbing me the chicks was asking me all sorts of questions about equipment I had, she checked each chick over for pasty butt as well. I have never seen anything like it. Just a week before that I had gotten 5 red sex links out of the bantam bin at another TSC.

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

Well that's pretty awful. The one I went to last night was running very well. They had an extra tiny brooder set up for sick chicks and the girl who was grabbing me the chicks was asking me all sorts of questions about equipment I had, she checked each chick over for pasty butt as well. I have never seen anything like it. Just a week before that I had gotten 5 red sex links out of the bantam bin at another TSC.

That is like my daughter, she is very knowledgeable and caring even for the store animals.

 

[Kessel23]

That is like my daughter, she is very knowledgeable and caring even for the store animals.

Well, I am glad some of them know what is going on.