Oh Craigslist, You Amuse Me So!

[JerseyGiantfolk]

It reminds me when some guy was looking at my chickens and one of my roos crowed "Oh it's a chicken, it thought it was some kind of animal!"

young red roosters - $5


Date: 2012-07-06, 10:45AM CDT
Reply to: see below [Errors when replying to ads?]


I have four young roosters that were supposed to be chickens. Would make good pets. Call 901-***-**** I can text pics if needed.

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[hemet dennis]

I'm trying to stay open minded here...I do understand the purpose, I do understand the need....it's just a little....you know....out of the norm. :/

How is this out of the norm ? Ever hear of a wet-nurse ?

 

[Muggsmagee]

I'm trying to stay open minded here...I do understand the purpose, I do understand the need....it's just a little....you know....out of the norm. :/

How is this out of the norm ? Ever hear of a wet-nurse ?

I've "read" about wet nurses...you know, hired/used back in the olden days before mass produced formula. How is it out of the norm, you ask? Let's see...the definition of normal is: conforming to a standard, typical, usual, or expected. Synonyms: common, ordinary, standard, regular, usual...

All that said, I have a close friend who pumped for another friend when she started to "run dry". What is not normal (ie common or expected) is to see breast milk for sale on CL. Hence the shock of the original poster to have copied and put it on my thread and share in her own befuddlement. Breast milk for sale is indeed out of the norm.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I'm trying to stay open minded here...I do understand the purpose, I do understand the need....it's just a little....you know....out of the norm. :/

How is this out of the norm ? Ever hear of a wet-nurse ?
 
I've "read" about wet nurses...you know, hired/used back in the olden days before mass produced formula.  How is it out of the norm, you ask?  Let's see...the definition of normal is: conforming to a standard, typical, usual, or expected.  Synonyms:  common, ordinary, standard,  regular, usual...
 
All that said, I have a close friend who pumped for another friend when she started to "run dry".  What is not normal (ie common or expected) is to see breast milk for sale on CL.  Hence the shock of the original poster to have copied and put it on my thread and share in her own befuddlement.  Breast milk for sale is indeed out of the norm. 

I was and still am definitely befuddled?

I agree with Muggsmagee, it is indeed out of the norm, well at least for me. I"m still in shock. If selling breast milk is legal then I wanna know why goat milk is not legal in my state. :/ But that's another story.

 

[chitown chicks]

I was and still am definitely befuddled?

I agree with Muggsmagee, it is indeed out of the norm, well at least for me. I"m still in shock. If selling breast milk is legal then I wanna know why goat milk is not legal in my state.

But that's another story.

I have nursed a friend's baby while sitting for her because she was in the ER with her husband after he was in an accident. That baby was ravenously hungry and I was still nursing my little guy so I was able, so I did. I wasn't going to let that baby suffer for hours on end.

You make a fabulous point, why isn't goat milk legal if human milk is? At the same time, why's it so "out of the norm" to so many of you to hear that another human would feed human milk to their human child. No doubt those of you who have or have had children feed/fed them milk from goats or cows so why not human milk? You couldn't get more species appropriate if you tried.

 

[Mskayladog]

I have nursed a friend's baby while sitting for her because she was in the ER with her husband after he was in an accident. That baby was ravenously hungry and I was still nursing my little guy so I was able, so I did. I wasn't going to let that baby suffer for hours on end.

You make a fabulous point, why isn't goat milk legal if human milk is? At the same time, why's it so "out of the norm" to so many of you to hear that another human would feed human milk to their human child. No doubt those of you who have or have had children feed/fed them milk from goats or cows so why not human milk? You couldn't get more species appropriate if you tried.

My sister and I had babys 3 months apart and we had a buisness togather if a kid was hungry which ever one of us who was free breast fed the hungry baby. We didn't think any thing of it.
Both our kids are grown and don't show any adverse affects from it. If I had not been able to nurse, I would have begged for breast milk from everyone.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I was and still am definitely befuddled?

I agree with Muggsmagee, it is indeed out of the norm, well at least for me. I"m still in shock. If selling breast milk is legal then I wanna know why goat milk is not legal in my state. :/ But that's another story.

I have nursed a friend's baby while sitting for her because she was in the ER with her husband after he was in an accident. That baby was ravenously hungry and I was still nursing my little guy so I was able, so I did. I wasn't going to let that baby suffer for hours on end.

You make a fabulous point, why isn't goat milk legal if human milk is? At the same time, why's it so "out of the norm" to so many of you to hear that another human would feed human milk to their human child. No doubt those of you who have or have had children feed/fed them milk from goats or cows so why not human milk? You couldn't get more species appropriate if you tried.

Feeding human milk to your own child is VERY normal. I don't think anyone is questioning that. But someone selling their milk online is weird to me. Especially if the person who is buying it doesn't know anything about that person's medical history. So if this person had some type of deadly disease, could this be transmitted to the baby in the milk? My confusion stems from the chance of disease and contamination from a stranger (not someone you know personally).

 

[hemet dennis]

I was and still am definitely befuddled?

I agree with Muggsmagee, it is indeed out of the norm, well at least for me. I"m still in shock. If selling breast milk is legal then I wanna know why goat milk is not legal in my state.

But that's another story.

Is goat milk illegal to sell to feed baby goats ?

 

[kuntrygirl]

I was and still am definitely befuddled?

I agree with Muggsmagee, it is indeed out of the norm, well at least for me. I"m still in shock. If selling breast milk is legal then I wanna know why goat milk is not legal in my state. :/ But that's another story.

Is goat milk illegal to sell to feed baby goats ?




                           

VERY good question AND point! And I'm not sure about that.

In my state, it's illegal to buy and sell raw goat's milk but we can buy pasteurized goat's milk in the stores.

 

[Muggsmagee]

I have nursed a friend's baby while sitting for her because she was in the ER with her husband after he was in an accident. That baby was ravenously hungry and I was still nursing my little guy so I was able, so I did. I wasn't going to let that baby suffer for hours on end.

You make a fabulous point, why isn't goat milk legal if human milk is? At the same time, why's it so "out of the norm" to so many of you to hear that another human would feed human milk to their human child. No doubt those of you who have or have had children feed/fed them milk from goats or cows so why not human milk? You couldn't get more species appropriate if you tried.

This is where I must clarify how I really feel. I would nurse a baby of a friend, sibling, cousin, etc, etc, etc and would willingly allow my child to be nursed from one of them in turn should I have ever been in dire straits. These are already people I know, trust, witness their dietary habits, lifestyle habits, and would not fear what "unknown" could be passed onto my child through their boobie milk. This is not the issue on why I had a hard time grasping the concept.

I would be leery about buying a stranger's breastmilk on CL for these reasons: 1.) you really have no idea what you are buying...did they add formula/water/cow's milk to bulk it up? and in doing so can get more money. 2.) you have no idea how old it is, or in what nature it was stored, if at all properly. Was it frozen, sat on the shelf, is it "really" fresh within the past few days, or did it sit on the counter for a few weeks? 3.) there is no way to know in reality what that person's lifestyle does entail...they could just as easily take recreational drugs, drink, smoke, drink/eat soy, use fluoride, work/live in a polluted environment (use of harmful household cleaners), use lanolin based creams on their nipples or other toxic ointments.....point is, there is no way to regulate the sale of human breast milk because we can not control what humans do and consume. My ultimate point is this... I personally would not trust a stranger selling breast milk on CL. Sharing breastmilk from someone you trust is a different thing altogether.

@kuntrygirl...raw milk isn't legal here in NY either. An amish man was sent to jail for selling one of his customers raw milk, after the customer begged and begged him for it. Nothing happened to the customer...no sickness became of him, nothing was wrong with the milk's quality. Word got out and this hard working man was arrested. This sends me into a completely different tangent. :/