Totally agree! It is hard to weed through the muck to find good honest people with healthy, clean and cared for animals.
I actually had my husband's ex wife ask to buy some chicks from me--I told her what I had left. Then without asking the price she said, "Can I get all those for $25?" Oddly enough, she had just bought another 30 or so birds from another lady. Well, if you want the cheap ones...go buy them! Some of the splash marans, orps, and show lines of birds I have I just cannot and will not sell for under $2 to anyone! Mixed breeds are one thing. Show lines and rare birds are another.
I too often find that people think when they call and ask for chicks they think that a chicken is a chicken and shouldn't cost much. It's hard to explain that chickens come like cars....Do you want the Ford, the Caddy, or the Lamborghini?
Yeah it's like going to the Porsche showroom with enough money for a pinto and expecting to drive anything other than swift kick to the behind out the door.
Do you mean to tell me that the Porsche sales person told you about me? He told me that what happens at the Porsche car lot STAYS at the Porsche car lot. He lied to me!