New Hampshire!

[elmtree]

Hey do you guys happen to know the prices on the RIR laying hens at dodge grain? that's not to far from me and I might be interested in another hen

12 week olds were 12$. I was in today and I didn't see any layers there. The 12 week olds looked nice. Usually, I see the older birds there and they look so sad and they have lopped off their beaks which makes me so mad.

 

[rellikmalinois]

Ugh, that is so sad! I just need to learn patience! I have two laying hens, 10 chicks and 18 eggs in the incubator lol

 

[piglett]

12 week olds were 12$. I was in today and I didn't see any layers there. The 12 week olds looked nice. Usually, I see the older birds there and they look so sad and they have lopped off their beaks which makes me so mad.

if i ever walk into a store to buy something & see poultry with their beaks chopped off
i will find the manager at once & tell him/her in a loud voice
"you people are a bunch of butchers & after seeing this i will buy nothing here, have a fine day!!!

piglett

 

[MurphysBYC]

12 week olds were 12$. I was in today and I didn't see any layers there. The 12 week olds looked nice. Usually, I see the older birds there and they look so sad and they have lopped off their beaks which makes me so mad.

That is horrible! What town is this place located in?

Edit: Just read the last few post. Have an idea where it is located now. It's a little more than an hour away but there isn't a place that sells chicks, pullets and hens around where I am. If there is then I have no idea where it is.

 

[piglett]

please tell us what town this "butcher shop" is in

 

[MurphysBYC]

please tell us what town this "butcher shop" is in

Salem.

I want to go there just to buy and save the ones that are still 'intact'.

 

[chicken pickin]

The store is NOT horrible. Its a feed store that sells chicks, ducklings, quail, turkeys, etc and yes they have point of lay hens and also laying hens in cages but their living conditions are fine and they are only there awaiting a new home with a big coop. These are not hens that were raised at the store and butchered, these are hens that were specifically ordered and shipped straight from a hatchery as point of lay or laying hens and they probably come with their beaks trimmed. Trimming beaks is not something I would do but I don't feel it obscene to trim a beak when it is for a temporary living situation especially when the bird has no access to the outside to wear down its beak on it own. I think it is unnecessary to be bashing this store. And no I have no relationship with this store. I have bought BBW turkeys from them this year and was able to speak to the manager and the other workers about the birds being sold..

 

[piglett]

The store is NOT horrible. Its a feed store that sells chicks, ducklings, quail, turkeys, etc and yes they have point of lay hens and also laying hens in cages but their living conditions are fine and they are only there awaiting a new home with a big coop. These are not hens that were raised at the store and butchered, these are hens that were specifically ordered and shipped straight from a hatchery as point of lay or laying hens and they probably come with their beaks trimmed. Trimming beaks is not something I would do but I don't feel it obscene to trim a beak when it is for a temporary living situation especially when the bird has no acces to the outside to wear down its beak on it own. I think it is unnecessary to be bashing this store. And no I have no relationship with this store. I have bought BBW turkeys from them this year and was able to speak to the manager and the other workers about the birds being sold..

my understanding is you can order birds with or without their beaks trimmed
i would never allow that type of bird on my property
i wouldn't want some clown seeing them & thinking i did that to them
next thing you know the police show up with plenty of questions

 

[chicken pickin]

Really!? No offense but that's absurd.

 

[MurphysBYC]

my understanding is you can order birds with or without their beaks trimmed
i would never allow that type of bird on my property
i wouldn't want some clown seeing them & thinking i did that to them
next thing you know the police show up with plenty of questions

You can raise and slaughter chickens to eat but not trim their beaks? I don't believe in it at all but there is no way this is illegal.