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How many sell chicks at Easter?

Discussion in 'Raising Baby Chicks' started by chicksgalore, Mar 4, 2009.

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  1. Mar 4, 2009 #1
    chicksgalore

    chicksgalore Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Just wondering if any of you hatch/sell your chicks around Easter time? Are you able to sell them all?
     
  3. Mar 4, 2009 #2
    RendonRoo

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    Local feed stores sell hundreds of them for easter. I don't see why you couldn't sell them then also. Just have to advertise or set up somewhere to get exposier. Good luck
     
  5. Mar 4, 2009 #3
    hooksetz

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    Yep, and with each sale give them a card with your info.. Then after Easter you'll get more than half of them given back to you. The novelty wears off fast.
     
  7. Mar 4, 2009 #4
    rooster-red

    rooster-red Here comes the Rooster

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    So many people buy chicks for Easter and don't have the slightest idea of how to care for them.

    The newness wears off in a couple of weeks (if they survive that long) and then you have lots of people trying to give them away or they are pratically forgotten about or mistreated.

    Personally I will not sell chicks at Easter.
     
  9. Mar 4, 2009 #5
    hennypenny9

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    Quote:I agree. It's a nice thought, but that cute yellow fluff goes away fast. Personally, I think "teenage" chicks are hysterical, all gawky and patchy looking... BUT most people get chicks on Easter as a novelty. I'm sure you would sell lots, but maybe not to great homes.

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  11. Mar 4, 2009 #6
    Buck Creek Chickens

    Buck Creek Chickens Have Incubator, Will Hatch

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    the only chicks I sell at easter are to 4H kids or people i know, that know how to take care of them.
     
  13. Mar 4, 2009 #7
    Indiana hens

    Indiana hens Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I sell all of them except those beautiful golden Buff Orpingtons [​IMG] ; my precious!!! [​IMG] Just kidding, actually Easter is usually the kick-off of selling chicken season! Last year I sold out of hens April 1st; no Im not joking! Luckily this year there has been more people selling hens local.
     

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