The EE braggers thread!!!

[maryhysong]

ARGH! Okie doke. Thanks for the quickie come-back. I guess I have to add to the "wanted list".

Welcome. A lot of folks don't realize that skunks are related to weasels and are just as nasty. Love your sig; if you ever get a bearded hippy head that lays blue eggs I want some to hatch!

 

[NookNook01]

I thought TS had a buy 6 limit???

 

[Cockle-Dood]

I thought TS had a buy 6 limit???

some do and some dont...i know here in TX my local one had the limit, but 30 miles away the TSC there didnt...so dunno what their philosphies are...unless there are less than 6 total left.

 

[Outrun Acres]

some do and some dont...i know here in TX my local one had the limit, but 30 miles away the TSC there didnt...so dunno what their philosphies are...unless there are less than 6 total left.

For us, in Arkansas, it is a new state law. Big box stores have to sell a minimum of 6 per customer. Apparently they are trying to limit the number of chicks and ducklings sold around Easter, because people who buy they this time of year supposedly don't care for them properly.

 

[draye]

For us, in Arkansas, it is a new state law. Big box stores have to sell a minimum of 6 per customer. Apparently they are trying to limit the number of chicks and ducklings sold around Easter, because people who buy they this time of year supposedly don't care for them properly.

Like that is going to make people care for them anymore!
I thnk that stores got that passed into law so that they can make more money, JMPO.

 

[Cockle-Dood]

Like that is going to make people care for them anymore!
I thnk that stores got that passed into law so that they can make more money, JMPO.

Agreed!

 

[farmerChef]

I thought TS had a buy 6 limit???

our TSC minimums are 6 chicks/4 ducks

 

[Gifa]

Like that is going to make people care for them anymore!
I thnk that stores got that passed into law so that they can make more money, JMPO.

It's not meant to make people care for them any better... it's meant to curb impulse purchases made by the kind of people who only want to take a single chick home to make a cute easter themed youtube video of overprivileged kids receiving a cute baby chick or duckling for Easter without thinking about what they are going to do as their chick grows.

It is meant to reduce the number of abandoned chicks and ducklings found in shelters and local parks after they outgrew their cute fluffy chick/duckling phase. It is meant to reduce the number of chicks that are raised in relatively unhappy isolation from their own kind. It is meant to reduce the number of chicks and ducklings that succumb to coccidiosis, exposure or other forms of ignorance and neglect based abuse issues because the people who buy them for the Easter gift thing are typically abject morons who are barely capable of raising their own human child, let alone a baby chicken or duck and can't be bothered to educate themselves in advance of or after their purchase.

 

[Outrun Acres]

Like that is going to make people care for them anymore!
I thnk that stores got that passed into law so that they can make more money, JMPO.

I 100% agree with you. It isn't going to prevent anything. This is the response I wrote on another thread where another member posted the new legislation. (It's kind of long

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You are right the law is not good for local businesses. I discussed this new law with an employee at our local Tractor Supply and he said they are having a lot of trouble selling chicks and ducklings this year. It was easy to see that was true, as some of the ducklings in the brooders were quite large. I know it further discouraged me from purchasing any chicks from them. Where did the number six come from? It's such an arbitrary number. Are they just assuming that most families have less than 6 kids, so that was the number chosen to prevent the purchase of Easter chicks and ducklings? I know in most incorporated cities the maximum number of chickens you can own lingers around 4, so this law makes it more difficult for people living within the city limits to purchase chickens. That doesn't seem right to me.

I believe the majority of people who purchase chickens do so understanding the responsibility involved. There is a much smaller percentage of those who don't, and it is sad that the minority has to ruin things for the majority. But really what does this law change? Now people who live within the city limits are going to be purchasing 6 chicks just to get the 3 or 4 they are allowed to own. What happens to the others they are not allowed to keep? Now we may have 6 chicks being cared for improperly instead of one or two. It is an arbitrary law that in the long run I believe will only inhibit the growth of small businesses and lead to more chicks, ducklings, bunnies, etc. being cared for improperly.

Thank you Mr. Hall for posting this piece of legislation on BYC. I think it is important that the poultry community in Arkansas is aware of legislation passed that directly affects us. So that we can hopefully change laws like this one or in the future prevent them from being passed. It is not the place of the government to prevent people from purchasing chicks because they believe they my be cared for improperly. It is our job as a community to educate those prospective owners who remain ignorant of the subject. So thank you again Mr. Hall for doing your part as a local 4-H Leader and responsible breeder. That being said, one or two "bad eggs" will always exist, and a government law isn't going to change their actions/behavior.

 

[flower]

It's not meant to make people care for them any better... it's meant to curb impulse purchases made by the kind of people who only want to take a single chick home to make a cute easter themed youtube video of overprivileged kids receiving a cute baby chick or duckling for Easter without thinking about what they are going to do as their chick grows.

It is meant to reduce the number of abandoned chicks and ducklings found in shelters and local parks after they outgrew their cute fluffy chick/duckling phase. It is meant to reduce the number of chicks that are raised in relatively unhappy isolation from their own kind. It is meant to reduce the number of chicks and ducklings that succumb to coccidiosis, exposure or other forms of ignorance and neglect based abuse issues because the people who buy them for the Easter gift thing are typically abject morons who are barely capable of raising their own human child, let alone a baby chicken or duck and can't be bothered to educate themselves in advance of or after their purchase.

I agree but believe that is is a pity that it is necessary to PASS A LAW !