"Easter chick" purchases

[BoerneChickens]

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Not weird - GREAT suggestion

. I will do that - I won't have space once my peeps all arrive but I know my parents would take a few rescues. People may not check Craig's list before tossing the chicks (or letting them die) - but if they did and it saved a few chicks that at least helps a little!

Maybe more people can do this in other areas as well - it must happen everywhere this time of year?

 

[BoerneChickens]

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Yay!! That is what people should do! I can only hope more easter chicks end up as lucky as yours!

 

[ranchhand]

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Not weird - GREAT suggestion

. I will do that - I won't have space once my peeps all arrive but I know my parents would take a few rescues. People may not check Craig's list before tossing the chicks (or letting them die) - but if they did and it saved a few chicks that at least helps a little!

Maybe more people can do this in other areas as well - it must happen everywhere this time of year?

Yes, it does. Sad but true, many see chicks as disposable.


On an OT note? You're in Boerne? Gorgeous area, I spent over 20 years in Austin!

 

[tamelroy]

I agree with you too! I didn't buy mine for easter, mine were because we were passing them in the feed store and my kids wanted them. So I was only gonna get 2 but had to get 6. I think 2 days later I was back getting more and really trying to learn about chicks as fast as I could. lol In the end I think I had around 20 birds.

I never did homework on them before buying, but I never did it as an easter gift. But I didn't expect to become addicted either! lol

Edit to add I never planned on getting rid of them after the kids didn't want them, so please don't think of me like that woman. I love all animals!

I might have did it for the wrong reason, but when I have an animal it stays, well except the g-pigs. I couldn't handle the smell and they would bite the crap out me no matter how much I held them. lol

 

[easttxchick]

Sorry OP to hijack for just a minute, but it dovetails into what your post is about:
There are literally thousands of us here on BYC that have spent Lord knows how many hours educating ourselves on how to properly care for our flocks. We have spent unimaginable sums of money on the care and comfort of our birds. Many of us(myself included) have held our precious babies wrapped in a blanket or towel on our laps for hours so that the end of their life would be with the person that loved and cared for them...and then there is the lady in TSC that wants Jr. to have a live chick in his/her Easter basket without thought one of what to do with it 2 days after Easter when Jr. doesn't want it any more so they just throw it out of a car window or leave it to die in a box with no proper heat/food/water.
Why can't people figure it out...NEVER purchase anything with a heartbeat on a whim.
So sorry, OP, it's just that there have been so many threads lately on chicks dead/dying in bins at feed stores and people like the lady you encountered that need live animals to care for like I need another hole in my head.

Whew, rant over.

 

[BoerneChickens]

I totally agree. Hadn't seen the other posts - its sad it is so widespread.

 

[Dora'smom]

We have freedom in this country, but people don't always realize that with freedom comes responsibility. You did the right thing by educating that woman. You'll probably never know if she came back, or really thought seriously after you spoke to her, but it was the right thing to do. I'll bet she never thought about the bird pooping in the Easter basket, either. ("mom, what are these little sprinkles in the bottom of the basket?")

 

[newchik715]

our store does not have a minimum purchase....as a matter of fact if you buy 10 chicks you get ten percent off of supplies....but if you buy twenty....you get twenty percent off! talk about incentive

 

[nyice]

My dad used to have a booth in a flea-market and the guy next to him "sold" baby chicks. At the end of the day he would walk through the parking lot and collect the chicks that were set loose before the people even got in the car to go home. People suck, instead of telling junior NO, he gets to carry around a life for a few hours.

On a side note for the craigslist ad - last year w posted 4 chicks that we didn't need (had extra in case of roosters) and they were picked up in 32 minutes.

 

[b.hromada]

Good for you for standing up to her! Some people just need reminding!!