A TSC horor story.

[Chickenhappy8708]

I'm disqusted with my local TSC. We went to get 2 sex-link chicks to add to a flock of ours. They had a straight run bin. (AKA cockerel bin) of a bunch of cockerels. About 2-3 weeks old. There were at least 60 cockerels in there, most growing combs, and a tiny white leghorn soaked in blood, they were trampling each other, and pecking. I moved over to the sex links, and saw one with such terrible pasty butt it was dragging on the ground behind her. I quickly snatched that one, along with another sex-link, but couldn't help but think how awful that was. I really wanted to share my experience, and say it is normally a really good TSC. Those poor cockerels. In the pic of the pasty butt, all that poop was attached, I would get a better pic, if I hadn't already cleaned her up.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I don't think most employees of TSC know anything about chicken care. If they can't sell them quickly I'm sure things can get bad in those bins.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

They had a straight run bin. (AKA cockerel bin) of a bunch of cockerels. About 2-3 weeks old. There were at least 60 cockerels in there, most growing combs, and a tiny white leghorn soaked in blood, they were trampling each other, and pecking. I moved over to the sex links, and saw one with such terrible pasty butt it was dragging on the ground behind her. I quickly snatched that one, along with another sex-link, but couldn't help but think how awful that was. I really wanted to share my experience

Hi there.

I've bought lots of straight run chicks and not gotten only cockerels. It is unfortunate when that happens.

Did you also ask the store employee or a manager to help the bloody chick? Or share with them in any way that when they do see a pasty butt it can be deadly for the chick if not removed? They did have to get the chicks for you didn't they?

Hope your sex link chicks blend well with you flock and thrive!

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Thanks, were in a high COVID risk part of Michagan right now, so I wasn't really going in for that long, just a quick in and out, I mentioned the pasty butts to the lady, and shared that there were bloody chicks, but the rest was out of my control.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Also, I might save some of them, but the rest depends on what happens in my flocks right now, I might need a bachlore pad. In pretty sure all those chicks were cockerels, as they mostly had red combs.