Mislabeled Tractor Supply/Feed Store Chicks

[The_Miraculous_Pigmy_Owl]

I was gonna get my chicks from my local feed store I might not go there...
My feed store has a sign saying the breeds, and a full refund if you get the wrong breed I asked the lady if they messed it up before and she said yes 8 years ago at their old location!

 

[SueT]

This spring a BYCer posted pics of her TSC chicks that were labelled "Orpingtons" but turned out to be Appenzeller Spitzhaubens!

 

[kwhites634]

She is so pretty! Surely with purple skin must have some sort of Silkie mix as they are the only black skinned birds I know of??? Have you tried posting to see if anyone know what they are?

Doesn't the Ayam Cemani have black skin?

 

[Folly's place]

I'd be thrilled if that happened here! The local TSC's are getting the same four or five common breed types, boring.
Mary

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I’ve seen Cornish cross chicks in the bantam bin!

 

[Pyxis]

Doesn't the Ayam Cemani have black skin?

Yes But hatcheries don't have them.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

The other day I was at TSC and the guy there was saying that the ducklings are Anaheim Ducks. The Anaheim Ducks are a sports team!

 

[HuskerHens18]

The other day I was at TSC and the guy there was saying that the ducklings are Anaheim Ducks. The Anaheim Ducks are a sports team!

Oh my gosh that's hilarious. Sounds like something my TSC would do.

 

[Pyxis]

I’ve seen Cornish cross chicks in the bantam bin!

Well, that's going to be a nasty surprise for someone who just wanted some pet bantams!

 

[Trux]

We all know Tractor Supply is notorious for mislabeling their chicks. However, I got the idea for this thread today when I encountered perhaps the worst case of mislabeling I have ever seen.

I stopped in to grab some feed and peeked in the chick bins, and immediately some of the birds caught my eye. So I asked to buy a couple of the "leghorns" they had.

This is what I bought:

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Broad breasted white turkey poults. Not only was the breed wrong, but the species too! In the past I've bought some chicks from them that were labeled pretty wrong, such as red sex links labeled as silver laced wyandottes, but this takes the cake.

Oh, and as a bonus, since they require you to buy at least six birds, I picked out four dominiques to fill out the purchase. Except when I got home and looked at them closely, I realized they had single combs. So they're not dominiques. 0 for 2, Tractor Supply. The moral of this story is, when you're buying chicks from Tractor Supply, be careful that you're getting what they say you're getting.

Who else has bought chicks that were mislabeled? What were they labeled as, and what did they end up being?

I got 6 SLW this spring, they were what they were supposed to be but I ended up with 4 of the 6 being cockrels. So I decided to order from My Pet Chicken 3 partridge rocks 3 GLW and 1 silver penciled rock and all were to be females. What did I get? 0 partridge rocks 3 GLW 1 of which is a cockrel, 3 SLW 2 are cockrel and they got the silver penciled rock right, it is a pullet.
I will never order from MPC again, as for TSC if I am picking the birds and they end up being males thats on me. McMurry has a way better track record IMO we got 15 from them last year, all were females all were the right breeds, quality is a bit lacking but what can you expect from a commercial hatchery.