are you ever nervous to sell them?????!!!!!

[jjthinkagain]

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I'm with you Nicole. Can't help it. Any living being in my care has to go to a good home, as determined by me after great scrutiny! I'd never be able to close my eyes to where they're going. I don't raise chicklets because at this time I can't adequately screen homes. It's all I can do to screen well for my kitty rescues.
JJ aka jjthink most of the time

 

[marbekschicks]

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I feel the same way. I just gave 11 away and want so badly to go see them and see how they are, especially the silkies that we hatched. I was sad and missed them for a few days.

 

[racuda]

Of all my breeds, I am a little more particular who I let the Silkies go to. For some reason I feel more protective toward them.

 

[featherz]

Same here, just sold 15 of my baby chicks but kept all the silkies.. As for what they do with them, I knew they went to a good home but I don't ask too many questions.

 

[silkieroo]

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Yes! That would be VERY safe!! (of course this is coming from a very enthusiastic 4-her

) In all seriosness (? spell) I could NEVER sell my little darlins'

 

[SkyWarrior]

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I choose a place to sell the birds to the people -- usually a supermarket parking lot we both know. I call and make certain they are coming and bring cash.

Gawd, I sound like a dealer.

Seriously, the people I've sold my birds to are very nice. One lady caught me at the supermarket afterwards and introduced me to her two young daughters. They named the birds I sold them Pretty and Sparkle Charley. The birds evidently get along with the other two birds they have, which is awesome. I feel really good that they went to a good home.

 

[math ace]

I think if you SELL not GIVE away your birds, they will be going to good homes. If the hair on my neck stands up, then I wouldn't sell them to that person.

I think you have to worry about the people who show up for FREE birds. If somebody is willing to pay for a bird, then odds are good that they plan on raising the bird - - not fighting or reselling or eating.

 

[dieselgrl48]

I have been selling for about 5 year's.Boy have met some weird ones and some a lot of really good buyer's.I've had people come to the farm in Lincoln Naviagator's and you can see them dusting off and checking shoes before getting in vechicle.Only to buy 2 chicks for 2 spoiled brats.

and they drove 40 miles one way .Gaaaaaaaa.I started really drilling the easter time customer's.Chicks do grow up and I don't think anyone who has ever raised duckling's are prepared for the smell and work that come's with those.Then I had one lady that bought 4 ducklings and lived in surburbia and she brought me pics of thier babies and they had them in the kitchen sink bathing and washing them and bought 2 more for neices.You alway's worry about where your hard work and babies are going.But If you are looking to sell to keep up your hobby.Sometime's it doesn't turn out the way you want.I have a flock of 40 ducks on an Amish Community pond about 45 miles from Us.They only wanted them for breeding Future egg's etc. and gaurantee'd none of my ducks would be eaten and can visit anytime.I've met some really nice people selling but a few Flako's too soo.It come's with the territory.

 

[PunkinPeep]

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So far i have only sold entire batches of day-olds that i put in a box, and my husband delivered. Other than that, i gave away a couple of roosters, but we made the exchange at the end of my driveway, so i feel pretty good about that. I haven't tried to sell baby chicks to say Craigslist users or anything yet, so i'll probably want to get a little more creative when that happens.

I do try to get a feel for people, but i don't screen homes. I've never been a micromanager, and i can't control the fate of every animal. I can only control the conditions under which they live at my home. I also don't get animals from people who need to screen my home. It feels like an invasion of my privacy, and i don't give tours to people who here to look for something wrong.

I do, however, love it when i get to see a chick that used to live at my place - and see how they're doing in their new home. That's fun!

Edited because i don't actually want to know who they're doing in their new home. I want to know how they're doing.

 

[jjthink]

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I hear what you're saying PP and I understand it on some level, but after umpteen years of rescue work I for one would never give one of my rescues (cat, dog, bird or any other living thing) to someone who has this philosophy because I have no way of knowing if they're a kook or not. I could only give living feeling beings to folks who welcome - indeed, even eagerly embrace - scrutiny because they understand that the world is full of danger and would not want a defenseless being to end up in the wrong hands. And believe me, after years of finding homes for rescues I could tell you stories that would make your skin crawl. People who on the surface appeared to be sweetness and light but who in reality were very dark souls. I truly wish I had the time to recount some of these stories right now because they make my point better than I possibly could by speaking in generalities. It is through these experiences that I have come to understand how crucial it is to screen thoroughly (and so that prospective adopters can feel secure in trusting me, I make sure they have a 'resume' and references for me should they want to do any checking up).

I live this philosophy in reverse as well. When I adopt a being from anywhere I want the person from whom I'm adopting to feel welcome to visit and ask me anything under the sun because it's not supposed to be about me or my convenience or my privacy, it's supposed to be about the well being of the fur or feather soul placed in my care. I even send them photos and updates over time if they are interested.

JJ