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TerriLaChicks said:
Hey Chris SO good to hear from you!! Heard about your victories in Pensecola -- Congratulations -- and DOUBLE Congratulations on the new daughter-to-be - Is that the correct terminology?
and also the work promo -- sounds like your life is doing great & so glad to hear it! Thanks for dropping in & updating us!
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What's up Terri? You must have been talking to Jeff, LOL! He sounds as happy about my wins as I was!!

Daughter to be works! LOL I was just starting to settle down real good with the way things were going and then......I'm getting to old for all this, lol! Yea, things have been real good around here, no complaints.

How are your reds doing?

Chris
 
1MrsMagoo said:
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I sent your number to a buddy of mine out of Harahan: I am sure he will be calling you about the eggs! He buys several dozen Welsummer eggs a month out of Tennessee, but has been getting a lot of shipping damage to the air cells. He was very excited when I told him about your eggs!
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yep he called me today, hope we work something out. Thanks for the referral
 
PSJ said:
Ok, first of all, I just have to say that it makes me sick for tractor supply to sell Cornish Rock chicks and not tell people they are meat birds :(
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Thank you!!! I am beyond outdone with the Alexandria TSC for selling Cornish x's in the mixed pullet bin. The sign did not indicate anything about meat birds! I figured it would be a leghorn. We have since given this one fat meat bird away to a self sustaining farm that will use it, but I was totally blindsided with such a specialty cross "meat bird" being sold as a general mixed pullet! I am not prepared, as a backyard chicken beginner looking for egg layers, to take on the responsibility of a bird bred to be slaughtered in 8 weeks! Seems as if something of that nature should be made available separately to people interested in raising meat birds specifically. It should definitely not be in the mixed pullet bin!
 
Abbie79 said:
Thank you!!! I am beyond outdone with the Alexandria TSC for selling Cornish x's in the mixed pullet bin. The sign did not indicate anything about meat birds! I figured it would be a leghorn. We have since given this one fat meat bird away to a self sustaining farm that will use it, but I was totally blindsided with such a specialty cross "meat bird" being sold as a general mixed pullet! I am not prepared, as a backyard chicken beginner looking for egg layers, to take on the responsibility of a bird bred to be slaughtered in 8 weeks! Seems as if something of that nature should be made available separately to people interested in raising meat birds specifically. It should definitely not be in the mixed pullet bin!
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Sorry to hear that. Sadly, it seems like their is a lot of that happening at TSC this year. My sister and mother called me while at their TSC in Ohio a couple weeks ago. They wanted just the basic 6 chicks and some ducklings. The person kept trying to push the the yellow/white pullets on them and my mother decided to ask me if I knew what kinds of chicks they sold at TSC. I asked her to read the signs and the only one that could have been the ones they were pushing was the Cornish X. The rest were bantams and Production Reds.

When I told my mom what those chicks were, she told the kid and he had no clue then tried to argue with her....all while still stuffing the Cornish X into their box. Mom told me to hold on a minute and I heard her tell him to put take that blankety blankin bird out of their box and put it back in the blankety blankin bin (she is a very colorful, no nonsense kinda gal). Anyway, they finally managed to get Production Red pullets. I had my sister shoot me a picture of the birds in her order before agreeing to take them.

Now, she would have been in exactly the same spot as you. Never even thought of owning a chicken in her life, let alone one meant for slaughter. These were purchased for her kids and her to raise together and my youngest niece LOVES them (takes great care of them...even sings the poor little things to sleep). I can't imagine people getting these home, raising them as basically pets,and THEN possibly having their chicken end up with messed up legs or a heart attack. I mean, not everyone has somebody to ask or the know-how to keep a Cornish X alive beyond its "time".

I firmly believe every employee at any store that sells live animals should be required by law to take classes to learn about what they are selling. They should have to know general things about the breed and its care at the very least. Plus, I think they should be required by law to give every purchaser a basic care sheet that also points them to sites online where they can learn about the animal they have purchased. It is surprising how many people can't find things on the internet on their own, so I think being pointed to the right places would be pretty helpful.

When I sell turkey poults, ducklings, chicks, or goslings at the local swap, or even my mealworms, I have care sheets available for them. It is the least I can do to insure the person purchasing them is prepared to correctly care for them. I do tell them everything they need to know if they are newbies, but feel having it in writing will be better since they can refer back to that time and time again.
 
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