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[chickwhispers]

I gave Naomi a bath and tried again with no luck. She is in a lot of pain as son as I touch her. She won't let me feed her but I left her with a little scrambled eggs with olive oil mixed in with a tums and a little feed pellets.All I can do is try again tomorrow. But it's not looking good. Need a chicken miracle.

 

[tntchix]

(Former)Step son lost his bf when he was riding on the hood of a car. They were going only 15 or 20 my step son said. When the car stopped he fell off hi his head on the pavement. It was a stupid game they played. I had just showed my step son an newspaer article about a young man who died doing that a couple months before when I heard some kids were doing this. He said he wasn't. Afterward he confessed he did. Never saw him so upset.

We car surfed, I was the driver. Luckily, the only thing that ever happened was when a HUGE guy jumped on when it was his turn and put the screw to my air cleaner through my newly painted hood. We were very lucky dumb kids.

 

[Alaskan]

(Former)Step son lost his bf when he was riding on the hood of a car. They were going only 15 or 20 my step son said. When the car stopped he fell off hi his head on the pavement. It was a stupid game they played. I had just showed my step son an newspaer article about a young man who died doing that a couple months before when I heard some kids were doing this. He said he wasn't. Afterward he confessed he did. Never saw him so upset.

yep, at that age a great number of people have few functioning brain cells.

I didn't hit my real stupids until a bit late.... late bloomer I guess

from 18 to 28.... 10 years of WOW, I regret almost everything I did... and it is a wonder I am alive.


I did do a few stupids younger... but not many.

 

[Alaskan]

I gave Naomi a bath and tried again with no luck. She is in a lot of pain as son as I touch her. She won't let me feed her but I left her with a little scrambled eggs with olive oil mixed in with a tums and a little feed pellets.All I can do is try again tomorrow. But it's not looking good. Need a chicken miracle.

you can't break the egg?

and

 

[chickwhispers]

Did most of my stupids on my 20's too. Sheltered childhood.

 

[chickwhispers]

She hurts so bad when I do anything she's so jumpy. Won't stay still enough. I'm afraid I'll makeyit way worse.

 

[tntchix]

I had a fatality with another car and a motorcycle, guess who didn't make it? No helmet would have helped either. I was 18. It was one of the times I wasn't pulling a stupid. Changed me forever.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Did most of my stupids on my 20's too. Sheltered childhood.

parents tried to shelter

I remember writing my parents when I was stationed in Europe and told them I was going to take a trip to the Alps and learn how to ski.

My mom said, "Oh, you don't want to do that". I said, "Oh, yes I do".

 

[tntchix]

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote:

Jen"

So I called her to find out what the disposition of the birds would be between Saturday and the trip on Monday. In that phone conversation, I gave her my home address and she assured me the birds would be well cared for and not kept near her friends birds in the interim.

So from this point forward, till late last night, I'm in contact with her friend who is showing at a dog show all weekend. In our Friday conversation she was going to come on Saturday after the dog show. When I called her on Saturday to find out what time, she said it was going to be Sunday but she didn't know when but after the show, depending on how her dogs did. I bought a bale of straw for bedding since I decided to save the excelsior for nest boxes. I went to Lowes and bought medium shipping boxes to save the poultry shippers for a future mailing. I was in the process of packing the birds when she called and had left the show and wanted to meet me at the intersection of I-44 and Jefferson in downtown St. Louis cause that was on her way to GA. That's about a half hour from my house. So I put the birds in the car and headed out. About half way there, she called and said I wasn't there so she was leaving.
Huh?
I then called the buyer and he was irate with ME! As far as he knew, apparently I was supposed to bring the birds to the dog show. Does anyone read anything in the above e-mail that suggests I'm supposed to chase that lady all over the territory carrying my birds?
The guy was literally screaming at me over the phone like the whole fiasco was my fault. I didn't even know where the dog show was, maybe my powers of clairvoyance aren't as sharp as they should be.
Now he wants the whole $100 back which was the price for a trio if they were to be picked up.

Suggestions?

Maybe I should refund the whole thing and write it off as a lesson to not sell birds to morons. At least I can probably use the shippers and other things for other purposes.

If you give back good money to all the morons you encounter you will not be fairly paid for your end of the work.

You also have say in how and when the birds are shipped. All good birds I have received have been shipped at the discretion of the breeder, not what was good for my schedule. I'm not complaining mind you, just that good birds are worth waiting for and the buyer needs to be patient. You have done a wonderful job of picking the best and keeping them clean and ready to travel.

I don't see ANYTHING in that message about brining the birds to any location; rather the request for an address implies they will pick up!!!!

NO REFUNDS. You have lived up to your end of the bargain. You are trying to get them good birds LEGALLY.

Good luck. Customers can be frustrating to deal with some times. THe good ones are gems.
x 2 CC I agree with Arielle. I have paid for and had birds shipped to me and picked up birds I waited 6 months for. But all the timing is set by the breeder not the customer! You did your part he made the changes and did not fill in all the blanks and his friend is not a party to your transaction. You should keep the money and maybe if you feel like it offer to ship them or not!