How do you resist Feed store chicks

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Silkies and succulents said:
Ive never gotten my birds from the feed store... but I did it would probably be something like this
1) think about how I have no space
2) how I don’t need to take care of more chicks
3) realize that the roosters are gone so now I DO have space
4) freak out over last years incident were the heat lamp fell over and the olnly reason the coop didn’t burn down was because the heat lamp fell on top of the waterer.
I love chicks but, if I did get more birds I would get them at like 6 weeks so I don’t need to set up a heat source. I know that my neighbors got their birds as six week olds from a hardware store, and they got all hens. So come spring I might get new chicks. And lets hope that the ducklings and chicks are far away from each other because, I can accommodate new chicks, but there is no way I can fit ducks in there too.
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Silkies and succulents said:
Ive never gotten my birds from the feed store... but I did it would probably be something like this
1) think about how I have no space
2) how I don’t need to take care of more chicks
3) realize that the roosters are gone so now I DO have space
4) freak out over last years incident were the heat lamp fell over and the olnly reason the coop didn’t burn down was because the heat lamp fell on top of the waterer.
I love chicks but, if I did get more birds I would get them at like 6 weeks so I don’t need to set up a heat source. I know that my neighbors got their birds as six week olds from a hardware store, and they got all hens. So come spring I might get new chicks. And lets hope that the ducklings and chicks are far away from each other because, I can accommodate new chicks, but there is no way I can fit ducks in there too.
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Yes! The ducks are heartbreakers!
 
ajackalope said:
The hatcheries for feed store chicks are the chicken equivalent of the puppy mills that provide sickly pet store puppies. I used to work for a huge vet practice and we saw pet store puppies all the time. My sister even got one even after I warned her. She had it for two weeks then ended up with an unfit for sale letter from her vet and a had to return it. I worry constantly about the chicks I get from a local hatchery I don't think I could take the mental anguish of those poor feed store chicks.
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I'm going to argue and say that not all hatcheries are like that. Most of the feedstores near me get them from hatcheries that have decent birds. Not show quality, but not ones that are meant to die within a year
 
MissE said:
Act like they have COVID and keep your distance.

Seriously, you just have to back away from the chicks. Avoid the store. Buy three months of feed at a time so you aren't tempted to make a quick run past the bins when getting feed during "evil chick days". Spend all your time posting about to resist chicks instead of driving an hour to the store that sells them. Have a few drinks so you're in no condition to drive to the store.
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Yes! I like your plan!
 
TheOddOneOut said:
Poor thing.
I would love to see an EE x Dom cross. Muffs, rose combs, Olive eggs!
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I found some images.
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