Am I selling my chicks overpriced?

[Cecelia Roselind]

Bio security has more to do with disease than clean pens (which yes do correlate to an extent but you will see what I mean). It usually means that new birds are quarantined for at least a month with 0 interactions between your flock and new birds. That is the biggest part of bio security. New clothes, new shoes, washed hands, etc. in between the new birds and the existing flock. A lot of people will take care of the new birds after the current ones to minimize how much you have to do between everything.

Yes I wash my hands before and after handling them and they wear quarantined them by all of the hatches wear kept in the brooder (it’s big) for 2 months and then I put them with my flock

 

[Cecelia Roselind]

Don’t wing sex them. Sell them as straight run. Wing sexing is extremely unreliable so you could be turning away potential future buyers by selling something that isn’t actually what you sold it as

Oh ok so sell them as straight run ok. I did that my 1st or 2nd year but people wear asking if they could check and I said yes but then I would end up with cockerels and some pullets should I say no

 

[OnlySympathy]

Oh ok so sell them as straight run ok. I did that my 1st or 2nd year but people wear asking if they could check and I said yes but then I would end up with cockerels and some pullets should I say no

If they ask to try wing sexing them themselves then let them but make sure you mention something along the lines of you not being able to back the accuracy of wing sexing

 

[Cecelia Roselind]

If they ask to try wing sexing them themselves then let them but make sure you mention something along the lines of you not being able to back the accuracy of wing sexing

Okay what about the ones who ask to vent sex the chicks I don’t want them to harm them!

 

[OnlySympathy]

Okay what about the ones who ask to vent sex the chicks I don’t want them to harm them!

Definitely a no go in my mind. Vent sexing can seriously injure chicks if done wrong and it is always good to be on the safe side when it comes to your animals health

 

[Cecelia Roselind]

Definitely a no go in my mind. Vent sexing can seriously injure chicks if done wrong and it is always good to be on the safe side when it comes to your animals health

Yes I’m glad someone else thinks I’m not being unreasonable

 

[OnlySympathy]

Animals are my passion and I love every type of living animal creepy crawlies too!

Same here! Ive got a couple more years of high school but being a vet is the end goal

 

[Cecelia Roselind]

Same here! Ive got a couple more years of high school but being a vet is the end goal

I have I have 4 more years of school and then being a vet is my end goal too!!!

 

[Cecelia Roselind]

Same here! Ive got a couple more years of high school but being a vet is the end goal

one of the reasons I don’t want to go back to school is because I won’t have as much time with my animals another is because 4:00am mornings are not fun lol
I have 5 dogs 4 cats 45 chickens 2 ducks (pigs on and off)

 

[OnlySympathy]

one of the reasons I don’t want to go back to school is because I won’t have as much time with my animals another is because 4:00am mornings are not fun lol
I have 5 dogs 4 cats 45 chickens 2 ducks (pigs on and off)

Yeah I get that . i could never survive 4 am mornings. I barely survive 6 am. And wow that is a ton! We have 2 dogs, a macaw, 5 chickens, some reptiles and fish