I used to have a good relation with estes, for 40 yrs and was quite satisfied.
Something has changed there, i was treated rudely when they did not make good on orders to my satisfaction, but chose their own satisfaction, as a remedy. This happened 2 yrs in a row. If you have bought chicks before, you know it takes time to grow a chick and find out, what sex it is. They decide the timing of this, but i have not found this out for a couple weeks after their threshold of sexing, what sex they are. A lot of work and money in something, that you cannot use. They wanted to replace 6-8 week old chicks with day old, i wanted credit for next year, they wouldn't do that. What value do you put on a 6 week old chicken?
Ok, I bought leghorns in which they gave me california whites, they said they couldn't guarantee white leghorns. When asked why they advertise white leg, they told me that I was being unreasonable.
I bought 2 buff orphington pullets, 8 weeks later, i have 2 buff roosters. Estes wanted to replace with day old chicks
I bought 5 Americana pullets, these take even more time to find out if they are roosters. I got 4 roosters and only 1 pullet. It took more than 3 mo for 2 of them. Estes solution replace with day old.
Year 2 I bought 7 americana pullets, 5 were roosters, solution replace with day old.
Estes sexing is not accurate, and i don't want to spend 2 months to find out estes performance on sexing again, to much work and time.
I've had excellent sexing with cackle, 7 Amerca pullets, and i received 7 pullets. But getting pricey.
Something has changed there, i was treated rudely when they did not make good on orders to my satisfaction, but chose their own satisfaction, as a remedy. This happened 2 yrs in a row. If you have bought chicks before, you know it takes time to grow a chick and find out, what sex it is. They decide the timing of this, but i have not found this out for a couple weeks after their threshold of sexing, what sex they are. A lot of work and money in something, that you cannot use. They wanted to replace 6-8 week old chicks with day old, i wanted credit for next year, they wouldn't do that. What value do you put on a 6 week old chicken?
Ok, I bought leghorns in which they gave me california whites, they said they couldn't guarantee white leghorns. When asked why they advertise white leg, they told me that I was being unreasonable.
I bought 2 buff orphington pullets, 8 weeks later, i have 2 buff roosters. Estes wanted to replace with day old chicks
I bought 5 Americana pullets, these take even more time to find out if they are roosters. I got 4 roosters and only 1 pullet. It took more than 3 mo for 2 of them. Estes solution replace with day old.
Year 2 I bought 7 americana pullets, 5 were roosters, solution replace with day old.
Estes sexing is not accurate, and i don't want to spend 2 months to find out estes performance on sexing again, to much work and time.
I've had excellent sexing with cackle, 7 Amerca pullets, and i received 7 pullets. But getting pricey.
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