Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BDutch]

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One hundred and twenty Euros isn't a lot of money to pay for a pet. The ridiculous thing is it's an awful lot of money to pay for a pet that will help pay its way with eggs. I'll leave this to others to work out the logic in this.View attachment 3568777

I have a few chicks for sale on the Dutch ‘marketplace’ . Asking only 10 euro for a pullet if people take a cockerel too.
I have too many chicks to keep. And only can/ want to keep 3 or 4 pullets. So I advertised cockerels, and combi’s to avoid overcrowding in the near future.

Yesterday I got a request to sell only the hens and the ‘lady’ wanted to pay no more than 3 euro. And also accuding me for not caring for my animals because she had a nice place for them and I didn’t consider to ‘sell’ the pullets in order to make more space.

It's odd. My least favourite breed that have been at the allotments is the Crested Cream Legbar, but for the sake of an easier integration it looks as if for the short term at least, these are what I'm most likely to get.
Life trying to teach me a lesson possibly...

Please do what your chicken heart tells you is best …

 

[Perris]

Yesterday I got a request to sell only the hens and the ‘lady’ wanted to pay no more than 3 euro

and you know that such a person is going to treat them as commodities, and is the last place you want your chicks to go. BTW 10 euro is very cheap for a pullet here now; people are typically asking at least £18, and £20 is common.

 

[Shadrach]

Please do what your chicken heart tells you is best …

To be honest, I don't know what to do for the best, for myself and the chickens.
Carbon, from the unreliable information I have is at least six years old. I would guess from what I've seen of her behaviour, she is starting to have egg laying problems. How much longer is she likely to live?
Ideally I would like any newcomers to have both Carbon and Fret as established hens. It should reduce integration conflict and in the case of introducing Ex Battery hens, a quicker learning route as they encounter all the strange things the change in keeping conditions will challenge them with. Henry will make this transition easier, but he's not exactly young.

At the moment they look rather content with just the three of them; minimum stress, they know each other well and the behaviour I expect to see from a settled tribe is what I see with these three now.

 

[fuzzi]

I have a few chicks for sale on the Dutch ‘marketplace’ . Asking only 10 euro for a pullet if people take a cockerel too.
I have too many chicks to keep. And only can/ want to keep 3 or 4 pullets. So I advertised cockerels, and combi’s to avoid overcrowding in the near future.

Yesterday I got a request to sell only the hens and the ‘lady’ wanted to pay no more than 3 euro. And also accuding me for not caring for my animals because she had a nice place for them and I didn’t consider to ‘sell’ the pullets in order to make more space.


Please do what your chicken heart tells you is best …

The potential buyer's attitude is of someone who won't value the chicks. It's an attitude that explains why "free" puppies or kittens are often abused. They're not worth money, so their lives don't have value to some.

 

[Molpet]

Yesterday I got a request to sell only the hens and the ‘lady’ wanted to pay no more than 3 euro. And also accuding me for not caring for my animals because she had a nice place for them and I didn’t consider to ‘sell’ the pullets in order to make more space.

And she will probably resell for 15.
Or might be one of those people who just have to haggle over the price. I usually ask more than I want so I can come down in price. If they want to pay the asking price, communicated and showed up timely I reduce it when they pick up.

 

[fuzzi]

To be honest, I don't know what to do for the best, for myself and the chickens.
Carbon, from the unreliable information I have is at least six years old. I would guess from what I've seen of her behaviour, she is starting to have egg laying problems. How much longer is she likely to live?
Ideally I would like any newcomers to have both Carbon and Fret as established hens. It should reduce integration conflict and in the case of introducing Ex Battery hens, a quicker learning route as they encounter all the strange things the change in keeping conditions will challenge them with. Henry will make this transition easier, but he's not exactly young.

At the moment they look rather content with just the three of them; minimum stress, they know each other well and the behaviour I expect to see from a settled tribe is what I see with these three now.

My heart says to let them enjoy their little flock.

 

[TropicalChickies]

and you know that such a person is going to treat them as commodities, and is the last place you want your chicks to go. BTW 10 euro is very cheap for a pullet here now; people are typically asking at least £18, and £20 is common.

Seriously, where I'm at in rural Ecuador, the average monthly income and cost of living is well below what you Western Euros earn and pay, and a healthy pullet here is still $10-15, depending on how close to point of lay. Right now, that's about the same in Euros.

 

[fuzzi]

And she will probably resell for 15.
Or might be one of those people who just have to haggle over the price. I usually ask more than I want so I can come down in price. If they want to pay the asking price, communicated and showed up timely I reduce it when they pick up.

I wouldn't consider her "offer" an attempt to haggle. It's an insult intended to shame the seller into complying with the potential buyer's terms. Personally, I would refuse to sell to someone like that.

 

[RoyalChick]

My heart says to let them enjoy their little flock.

As someone who has had a small flock I would just caution against the risk of ending up with a solo chicken who may then get stressed and or depressed.
I came to the conclusion that with the many ways that chickens have figured out to die, that three is too few to ensure having continuity for a social group.
I think better to introduce about three now to reduce the risk that someone gets left alone.

 

[Sally PB]

They're not worth money, so their lives don't have value to some.

It amazes me that something that is free (or very low cost) is valued less than something expensive... when they are the same!

I look at it this way: Someone gives me something that I'd pay, say, $100 for. To me, it is worth at least that $100, but probably more because: I didn't have to find it, go get it, transport it home, worry about it getting shipped safely to me, pay for the shipping, or deal with the packaging.

And, it has some possible sentimental value, because someone thought enough of me, to give it to me.

We have a couple dozen 10' U-channel posts around our garden. Given to DH from where he worked. To buy: $1300 (or more) plus shipping, which would have been exorbitant. I will value those as priceless, forever.

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