Chicken drastic change in condition

[ChickensinG]

I'm sorry
Having a friend that can help you with this is good.

I'm sure it's been a hard decision and to find out that she is a meat bird instead of Amber Link. When chicks are shipped in mass volume to feed stores, they often come in boxes with just cardboard dividers. The boxes are marked with the breeds, but I'm told the chicks are not, so if boxes contain breeds that look very similar as 1-3 day old, they can easily get mixed up when taken out and placed in bins. I'm not excusing TSC, but there's been many threads where folks have purchased chicks from feed stores (not just TSC) and thought they had XYZ breed and come to find out they were CX instead.

Don't give up on getting chicks from a feed store, especially if that's your main source of acquiring birds. Sometimes all they get in are straight runs, so do be aware you might end up with a cockerel too.

Thanks! I have a rooster so hopefully we will have a group of chicks this spring. I'll keep y'all posted.