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[SallyinIndiana]

Those of you that sell chickens or chicks regularly:
1 Do you accept checks?
2 If so do you add on a check fee?
3 What to you do or plan to do when you get a check that bounces?

I got my first bad check. it was only for $20 but it got me thinking. I have accepted a lot of checks. They tend to be a bit of a pain as I need to deposit them, wait for them to clear, then use the money. Cash is easier as I can pay for the fee directly with cash, no trip to the bank, no waiting for checks to clear. I was thinking if I still want to accept checks I need to add some kind of fee that covers my time and effort to deposit them. But I still have no idea what to do about the bad checks. It is clearly not worth taking tiny bounced checks to court. And I have no way to add a $20 bounced check fee like the big retail stores do.

 

[ChickCrazed]

Those of you that sell chickens or chicks regularly:
1 Do you accept checks?
2 If so do you add on a check fee?
3 What to you do or plan to do when you get a check that bounces?

I got my first bad check. it was only for $20 but it got me thinking. I have accepted a lot of checks. They tend to be a bit of a pain as I need to deposit them, wait for them to clear, then use the money. Cash is easier as I can pay for the fee directly with cash, no trip to the bank, no waiting for checks to clear. I was thinking if I still want to accept checks I need to add some kind of fee that covers my time and effort to deposit them. But I still have no idea what to do about the bad checks. It is clearly not worth taking tiny bounced checks to court. And I have no way to add a $20 bounced check fee like the big retail stores do.

I would say cash or paypal only. I have always paid cash when buying chicks and demand cash when selling anything on craigslist. You could always look at the square card systems too - then you could take debit/credit cards. The small fee would be worth it for the ease of the transaction.

 

[silkieaddictIN]

Thank you!!

 

[Leahs Mom]

I don't sell chicks but I'd do cash also. Do you ship @SallyinIndiana or do they pick up directly from you?

 

[BryLT3]

The square card reader is a simple way to take cards without the commitment of contacts and such. I use it and love it, so if you want to take cards, I would recommend it. Plus, if the card is denied, it tells you right away.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I don't sell chicks but I'd do cash also. Do you ship @SallyinIndiana or do they pick up directly from you?

pick up only. Not that I'm against chicks being in the Postal system. I just can't find a way to make a profit doing it. My hatches can't be pulled from the incubator the way hatcheries do it as soon as the chick is out of the egg. So the chick once out of the incubator is too old for priority mail and has to be sent express mail with fancy gel stuff for food, in a special expensive live animal box. So far when I get calls asking for mailed chicks, I take the time to try and find a semi local breeder or recommend that the person contact the state fair winners.

For eggs, I just don't like the results I have gotten from shipped eggs to see any value in it. The packing materials are a cost and packing eggs is not a quick thing either. I typically recommend buying at least chicks from a breeder if not a trio to get started in a specific breed.


But I have been thinking a lot about making my chicken mini farm a closed farm which means I would need to set up a chicken carrier and meet buyers. it would also mean that I would need to not promise to take back any roosters. I don't know. Most times people are nice and want to see the other chickens just to see them. But lately I have had a couple surprises and just strange to me things that got under my skin. And it is not as uncommon as one would think for a chicken buyer to be leery of or even refuse to hold a chicken, even after being shown that the chicken is bug free.

 

[goatluver20]

I was able to get some pictures of my animals yesterday and decided i'd share some. Sorry there are so many

My new dog Thatcher. He is so sweet and guards all the chickens.

Mama my chicken watching cat.
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Mr. Darcy the lovely lavender orpington roo (he is learning to crow).

My adorable little chocolate orpington bantams, junior and midge.

Pixie, my golden comet.

Elwood my brainless buff orpington roo.

Sheroo, my barred plymouth rock, (We were not sure if he was a boy or girl when he was little) is the best roo on the planet. He is so sweet!
Cecilia, my curious rhode island red.

I know this is not a chicken lol but just thought i'd share it. Yesterday, i sat under our humming bird feeders for about 30 minutes taking pics of them. It wasn't the easiest task because the chickens were trying to peck my arms off and the lens of the camera.

Joan jet black my jersey giant. She is the boss! This is one of the best pics I've ever gotten of her.

Mona, my sweet buff orpington.

Carmen, my bug catching pro easter egger.

One last pic of Thatcher being silly.

 

[chickiefreak]

I was able to get some pictures of my animals yesterday and decided i'd share some. Sorry there are so many

My new dog Thatcher. He is so sweet and guards all the chickens.

Mama my chicken watching cat.
.
Mr. Darcy the lovely lavender orpington roo (he is learning to crow).

My adorable little chocolate orpington bantams, junior and midge.

Pixie, my golden comet.

Elwood my brainless buff orpington roo.

Sheroo, my barred plymouth rock, (We were not sure if he was a boy or girl when he was little) is the best roo on the planet. He is so sweet!
Cecilia, my curious rhode island red.

I know this is not a chicken lol but just thought i'd share it. Yesterday, i sat under our humming bird feeders for about 30 minutes taking pics of them. It wasn't the easiest task because the chickens were trying to peck my arms off and the lens of the camera.

Joan jet black my jersey giant. She is the boss! This is one of the best pics I've ever gotten of her.

Mona, my sweet buff orpington.

Carmen, my bug catching pro easter egger.

One last pic of Thatcher being silly.

love the pics just great. I don't care there's so many pics. Take more some time.

 

[Birdylady3]

Afternoon everyone!

I got some serious catching up to do! It's rain here.....Again

 

[Birdylady3]

Got to do some catching up again cause I spent the whole afternoon into evening at the ER. I have a broken leg 4 dead LF, 2 injured Silkies and 4 total Silkies with feathers glued to them by dog slobber.
When I went out to spend some time with my critters yesterday I saw a strange dog was in my pasture attacking my range chickens. I went running broom in hand ( they can do some damage when swang right ) I was chasing the dog trying to get him out of my pasture when he turned the wrong way and headed towards goat pasture. He ducked under the picnic table, I went to kick him and missed and hit the bench instead. Broke my leg! Went down crying. Just then DS was coming back from taking the LGD's to get their yearly's. At that point all he saw was a dog attacking me. So he turned the LGD's loose. I wont go into that.
So DS gets me to the gazebo and starts the hunt for dead and or injured chickens. I cleaned the mauled and injured and DS started burying all the dead while I went to the ER.
I absolutely hate Mondays, and I had such a great week last week, guess you have to expect bad after good.
As of right now 1 of the injured Silkies is still just sitting around, I have her food and water and Suite cake close by. The others are ranging in the back yard. no more pasture ranging for them. While I was in the ER DS and DH found that the dog had chewed his way through the welded wire at the back of the horse pasture, JUST put it up a couple weeks ago, and the patched that and put up a new fence up separating the horses and the goats, now my LF can only range in the goat pasture, which is closer to the house and the LGD's. My LF girls and boys are not real happy about that either, they cant scratch around in the horse poo no more.
We found out who's dog it WAS cause 1 of the neighbors that knew the dog saw the whole show. The dog owner called the police and the showed up her bright and early. So me and my crutches had to take them out to where the Dog and my chickens were buried. I asked him if he wanted me to dig my chickens up, cause he was almost calling me a lair as to the reason the dog was dead, and was blaming my LGD's, wanting vacation records and all...... and EXCUSE me but MY PROPERTY is where this all took place not down the rd. I am the one down 4 hens, and maybe 1 Silkie ( ???)
Cops are just plain stupid now days!! The law is protecting the wrong and prosecuting the right. What is up with that.

Hope ya'll had a better start to the week then I did.

Get well soon! At least now you don't have to worry about that one anymore