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Let me preface this with 4H was wonderful for my kids. Congratulations on your good 4H experience finding homes for extra roo's.
I was asked several times last month if I could sell some show ready pairs. 1 of the kids had a coon/mink get in and kill her project birds and I wanted to help her. I also wanted her parents to get the coop better/safer before I would sell any birds to them. The parents did that. I fixed her up with a pair of good type but out of condition.These birds will be the start of her next years project and if they came back in condition will do very well at the fair. I will continue to help her in any way I can She was respectful and asked good question suggesting to me this project might work.
The other experience was quite aggravating. They wanted birds in show condition that could win today and whenever. The mother really torqued me when I suggested that they should have been looking last fall for this years project and that I could help in the fall. I could have set them up with some good breeding pairs, good type but out of condition because the pullets and cock were used as natural breeders. That wasn't good enough because the fair is coming up.. The mother wanted my best show birds in quite strong terms. I can understand that but then she thought that she could then low ball me and get them for $50 per trio. Bad feelings after she was informed she was WAY too low even if those birds had been for sale which they were not.. They didn't get any birds from me nor will they ever.
I go out of my way to help 4H kids since Mark Peterson did that for my daughter. I will sell birds for below the going rate and try to inform them about about the basics they need to know to get birds ready to show. This is a 4H project not who can buy the best birds the day before they have to turn in their project slips.
Craig, Kudos for helping the first family!
As far as the second family, I'm wondering if the mother also asked you to do her kids' science projects for the school fair??
I'm sorry - I'm just so sick of this sense of entitlement that some kids are growing up with - and they take that attitude into the workplace with them when they enter the job market. The parents should be ashamed of themselves.
OK- off my soapbox.
I hear yah! So many of my students are so emotionally immature. I feel I must teach morality, patience and and a sence of consequences plus basic manners! Ok, I'm off the soap box too.
We got rain today and it is now only 90 outside. I went out in the rain to check on the peeps and most of them were standing out in it soaking wet.
Neither of them have leg bands - I am a little worried Reba (the frizzle) is going to end up as a Raymond (we're in the city)... Her comb is a bit bigger than the MF - It seems like it started turning pink just yesterday. Eek! Maybe I'll post another photo with a close up.
