Oh Craigslist, You Amuse Me So!

[Faraday40]

Ok, so we've all seen some less than intelligent posts. I am currently posting some extra chicks for sale & am getting some interesting replies.

Although I have in my post a map, prices, photos, breed descriptions, & a note stating that these wonderful animals require a proper home, so people new to poultry should research before buying, I am getting some odd questions.
- Where are you located? (see the map)
- Do you have other breeds? (maybe.... but only these chicks are for sale)
- How old are they? (hatch dates are in the ad)
and today
I'd like to buy your English Lav Orps, but if it doesn't work out, can I return them? No refund, of course. I really like them and am very serious.

I told him/her that I do not allow my birds to leave the property, never bring new birds into the flock (only NPIP eggs), nor allow visitors in the chicken yard due to biosecurity..... Of course I really felt like saying: if you're serious, have you discussed it with your family, neighbors, &/or even researched if they're legal in your town?

 

[MeepBeep]

Ok, so we've all seen some less than intelligent posts.  I am currently posting some extra chicks for sale & am getting some interesting replies.

Although I have in my post a map, prices, photos, breed descriptions, & a note stating that these wonderful animals require a proper home, so people new to poultry should research before buying, I am getting some odd questions.
- Where are you located? (see the map)
- Do you have other breeds? (maybe.... but only these chicks are for sale)
- How old are they? (hatch dates are in the ad)
and today
I'd like to buy your English Lav Orps, but if it doesn't work out, can I return them?  No refund, of course.  I really like them and am very serious.

I told him/her that I do not allow my birds to leave the property, never bring new birds into the flock (only NPIP eggs), nor allow visitors in the chicken yard due to biosecurity..... Of course I really felt like saying: if you're serious, have you discussed it with your family, neighbors, &/or even researched if they're legal in your town? 

Well at least you are taking the time to respond, I get maybe a 25% response rate when I try to reply to peoples ads, unless they post a phone number...

This was maybe two years ago, I replied to a for sale ad for peafowl, it showed several nice peafowl in a barn, so I call the guy up and inquire about taking them off his hands... He then goes on to tell me the picture is from the previous year before he he let the go 'free' and that they have never returned to the barn, but he sees them occasionally in the trees so he knows they are still around... He goes on to tell me I was welcome to come and search his property, find and capture them and then pay him his asking price for each one I captured...

 

[Latestarter]

OMG... too funny. wishing him all the luck with that approach. Jeeze.

 

[User395221]

and capture them and then pay him his asking price for each one I captured...

Was the seller's name Elmer Fudd?

 

[duluthralphie]

Well at least you are taking the time to respond, I get maybe a 25% response rate when I try to reply to peoples ads, unless they post a phone number...

This was maybe two years ago, I replied to a for sale ad for peafowl, it showed several nice peafowl in a barn, so I call the guy up and inquire about taking them off his hands... He then goes on to tell me the picture is from the previous year before he he let the go 'free' and that they have never returned to the barn, but he sees them occasionally in the trees so he knows they are still around... He goes on to tell me I was welcome to come and search his property, find and capture them and then pay him his asking price for each one I captured...

Hey, MeepBeep...

I can understand you not wanting to try and catch peacocks you have to catch. They can go really wild. You need to work up to them, or it would be a waste of your time.

I think you should come over and practice for the peacocks by catching my Guineas. I will only charge you the same amount a well equipped gym would. BTW this is catch and release, you are paying for the practice before you try the peacocks. You can get even more practice and a better workout catching a guinea the second time, they get smarter after the first catch and release.

 

[MeepBeep]

I can understand you not wanting to try and catch peacocks you have to catch. They can go really wild. You need to work up to them, or it would be a waste of your time.

I am well aware of their behaviors and habits, no need for me to work up to them, I have owned peafowl on and off for give or take 20+ years now and have several in my flock currently...

I think you should come over and practice for the peacocks by catching my Guineas.

I have plenty (dozens) of guinea fowl of my own as well, if I wanted to chase something around...

I simply was not going to spend 6 hours in the car one way to spend the rest of the day chasing down this guys peafowl and then pay him for my services when the ads pictures implied they were barn kept and ready for delivery, I also was not looking for 'wild' peafowl...

 

[duluthralphie]

I am well aware of their behaviors and habits, no need for me to work up to them, I have owned peafowl on and off for give or take 20+ years now and have several in my flock currently...
I have plenty (dozens) of guinea fowl of my own as well, if I wanted to chase something around...

I simply was not going to spend 6 hours in the car one way to spend the rest of the day chasing down this guys peafowl and then pay him for my services when the ads pictures implied they were barn kept and ready for delivery, I also was not looking for 'wild' peafowl...

I so agree! My BIL lives about 120 miles from here, he said I could have his peacock, if I could catch it...... I did not even try. I don't think a person has gotten within 20 yards of it in years.

 

[MeepBeep]

I am well aware of their behaviors and habits, no need for me to work up to them, I have owned peafowl on and off for give or take 20+ years now and have several in my flock currently...

I have plenty (dozens) of guinea fowl of my own as well, if I wanted to chase something around...


I simply was not going to spend 6 hours in the car one way to spend the rest of the day chasing down this guys peafowl and then pay him for my services when the ads pictures implied they were barn kept and ready for delivery, I also was not looking for 'wild' peafowl...

I so agree!  My BIL lives about 120 miles from here, he said I could have his peacock, if I could catch it...... I did not even try.  I don't think a person has gotten within 20 yards of it in years.

That is pretty much what I would assume was the case, without rocket propelled nets or a full night time assault after locating their roosting spots, climbing trees and wrestling them down, they were not going to be caught and it was not going to be an easy task by any means...

 

[Faraday40]

I so agree! My BIL lives about 120 miles from here, he said I could have his peacock, if I could catch it...... I did not even try. I don't think a person has gotten within 20 yards of it in years.

Even I, who have never owned peafowl, know that they are hard to catch!

In the Indiana BYC thread, there was a case of a hoarder's house with wild peacocks running around the property. The local shelter helped contain the wild cats, but one brave volunteer was given the job of handling all the pea fowl. She organized people to donate or loan many, many dog cages and then come over a few weekends to help capture the birds. Then she provided them quarantine in her pole building until the birds were ready to be adopted by new owners. I was very impressed with all her efforts & caring nature.

 

[donrae]

Hey, MeepBeep...

I can understand you not wanting to try and catch peacocks you have to catch. They can go really wild. You need to work up to them, or it would be a waste of your time.

I think you should come over and practice for the peacocks by catching my Guineas. I will only charge you the same amount a well equipped gym would. BTW this is catch and release, you are paying for the practice before you try the peacocks. You can get even more practice and a better workout catching a guinea the second time, they get smarter after the first catch and release.

Oh, I love this idea! How many homesteaders are looking for ways to supplement income. I could start my own weight loss boot camp. In addition to catching birds, it could include mucking stalls, bucking hay, digging drainage ditches, and for a good low impact cardio, how about vigorously towel drying the Great Dane after she's had a good romp in the swamp

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sheesh, sounds like I should be in better shape. Oh yeah, I that's why I had boys...to do all that work for me