The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[Pyxis]

Sounds like guineas. They elicit an extreme response, negative or positive, not much in-between, LOL. I wasn't aware they were bantams, so I learned something. And you know I love Blue Wheaten! I had a Blue Wheaten Ameraucana cockerel named Levi that I rehomed to someone in TN and they loved him, again, another male that was not in the plans at the time and that I sometimes wish I'd kept because he was so handsome.

Yep, mine are bantams, ko shamo. There are large fowl as well, o shamo and chu shamo. Ko shamos are considered a true bantam because they are their own breed, not just a smaller version of the LF shamos.

Their hard feathering causes a bald patch on their chests, and since split wing is something that often happens with extreme hard feathering like they have, the standard actually calls for it, rather than it being a fault like it is in most breeds.

You can probably tell that I like them, lol.

I don't think I ever saw Levi, but I bet he was gorgeous. Blue wheaten is beautiful on Ameraucanas.

 

[speckledhen]

Here is Levi. He hatched in 2010 and was sold before he was 20 weeks old. Very sweet boy.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

He was gorgeous.

 

[speckledhen]

He was gorgeous.

Thanks, I think so. The family said the kids could go pick him up and he was always sweet.

 

[LukeyLux]

I wish. I was stalking them. Did you find a trio?

I did not. If im to do any standard chickens for show/breeding, Ill probably do Barred Rocks

 

[speckledhen]

I just got another cancel email from Joann. They said my other 3 yds of quilt backing is not longer available. So, one yard for $4 plus $3 shipping????? And they won't let you cancel it even if it's not shipped yet. I'm calling them at 9 a.m. when they open and I'm going to lambaste them. I ordered these last Thursday online in the early a.m. when the sale was starting and had to wait 30 minutes until cust serv opened to finish the transaction because of their glitchy site not taking my credit card I always use there. So, now, both sets of quilt back are "unavailable" and one yard left that I surely don't want if they don't have the other stuff. I'm DONE with these people!

 

[speckledhen]

I called them the second their business opened. Told the woman this was the worst experience I'd ever had with Joann online, from the very beginning, one glitch after another with their site and now, they've canceled almost my entire order and want to send me one measly yard of fabric for $3 shipping, not worth it.

So, she is taking off the shipping, sending me that one yard and said they can send me the quilt backs I ordered at the same cost I tried to buy them for with zero shipping when they are back in stock.

If I had not called to complain, they would have sent me that one yard with shipping. No way they'd have called me and given that to me without me ranting about the entire experience.

 

[kitkat5505]

That’s just terrible. I definitely won’t buy online from them after hearing your experience. Glad they took off the shipping.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

It does pay to complain sometimes. Person to person contact can right many wrongs. Many thing done through the internet can be improved by talking to real people. Sometime we forget our humanity interacting through machines.

That's my speech for the morning. I once got a free box of cherrios because I complained about them changing the multi grain version.

 

[speckledhen]

That’s just terrible. I definitely won’t buy online from them after hearing your experience. Glad they took off the shipping.

I've had several issues with them, but this was definitely the worst ever. They're just too big and you can never count on anything from them.

It does pay to complain sometimes. Person to person contact can right many wrongs. Many thing done through the internet can be improved by talking to real people. Sometime we forget our humanity interacting through machines.

That's my speech for the morning. I once got a free box of cherrios because I complained about them changing the multi grain version.

Oh, yeah, you're exactly right! I've complained, I've complimented and gotten many free things from companies over the years. They need feedback from the consumer to operate their business successfully, IMO. From now on, even with shipping, Thousands of Bolts gets my business. I've quit getting their sale emails, though, for some reason so I may miss their infrequent "we ship them all, big and small, for just $4.99" sales.