Some times CL is awful: A man brought his kids and gave a low offer for all of my chicks. He wanted a few backyard hens, but said he had a cousin on a farm that would take all the rest. He really wanted his kids to have them for Easter. I had a big family party to prepare, so a quick sale was appealing. The chicks were actually hatched for a science project & only 2 days old. DD had her results, and we had not invested a lot of $. We gave the family all the data, the genetics of the parents, the color coded leg bands, and the exact time each chick pipped, zipped, and hatched. 48 hours later, I saw OUR chicks on CL for 2- 3xs the price he paid for them!!!!! He didn't even remove the chicks' leg bands for his postings. He called them "Easter chicks."
Another time a lady & her boyfriend came to look at chicks. They stayed for 90 min asking ?s. She was sending pics to friend who was a vet & trying to pick out only females. I kept telling her that wing sexing doesn't work with orps - at least not my line. She insisted that she wanted my fancy English Orps and was convinced she had all females. I refused to confirm that they were any gender and kept repeating that "straight runs" means no guarantee of gender. Finally 90 min later, she decided that she simply couldn't risk getting attached to a chick that was male, so they left. My dinner was over-cooked, my kids were hungry / crabby, my time was wasted, and no sales were made. UGH!
Another time a lady & her boyfriend came to look at chicks. They stayed for 90 min asking ?s. She was sending pics to friend who was a vet & trying to pick out only females. I kept telling her that wing sexing doesn't work with orps - at least not my line. She insisted that she wanted my fancy English Orps and was convinced she had all females. I refused to confirm that they were any gender and kept repeating that "straight runs" means no guarantee of gender. Finally 90 min later, she decided that she simply couldn't risk getting attached to a chick that was male, so they left. My dinner was over-cooked, my kids were hungry / crabby, my time was wasted, and no sales were made. UGH!
Hasta bananas
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