50 cent Barnvelder chicks?

[Mudda Clucka]

Maybe cheaper because of the leg colour isn’t yellow? Unless it’s just the pic... or a hatchery thing?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Maybe cheaper because of the leg colour isn’t yellow? Unless it’s just the pic... or a hatchery thing?

Naw....cheaper because they must move them to make room for the next chicks. Last year I was in ours and they had 3 week old brahmas for a buck and yesterday ours had ducks for 2 bucks. I resisted both times.

 

[NatJ]

Maybe cheaper because of the leg colour isn’t yellow? Unless it’s just the pic... or a hatchery thing?

Tractor Supply can't be trusted to label breeds correctly. There's no way they would mark the chicks down for having the wrong leg color.

Like 21hens-incharge said, they want those particular chicks sold to make room for new ones.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Folks should know.....feed stores don't make $ on the chicks. They make $ on the feed, waterers, coops, and accessories that go along with having chickens, horses, goats, dogs, cats, cows etc.

They don't lose out when they mark birds down. They actually sell more feed etc.

 

[Ted_Harrell]

Even though the leg color is a little dark that may change with age, the rest of this chick makes me think it is going to be one awesome Barnevelder, judging by the ones I had Last year....

 

[HenneryTheEighth]

I would have grabbed them at fifty cents as well.
I have a lovely Barnie rooster named Marge and two hens. They were very difficult to sex. By the time I realized she was a he, he answered to that name.
All are pleasant-natured, but definitely not lap chickens.

 

[Mudda Clucka]

Naw....cheaper because they must move them to make room for the next chicks. Last year I was in ours and they had 3 week old brahmas for a buck and yesterday ours had ducks for 2 bucks. I resisted both times.

Fair enough, I’m in Australia so not familiar with them, I would have grabbed them too

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Lucky you! What a bargain even if they are not Barnevelders!

 

[cottontail farm]

Wow, I missed a lot of kind replies here. Thanks everybody! I think our TSC marks birds down when they've been there "too long". Our TSC only has 3 bins sitting out right now for fall chick days and 2 of them were "clearance " birds (there was the 50 cent marans/barnvelder tub I shopped from and a tub of $2 ducklings) so they probably REALLY need those birds sold in case they get another batch in.
Anyway, I'm super pleased. You can see they're mostly feathered out and they're doing really well, bunking with 2 chicks that were orphaned when their mom was lost to a predator last week.