Tractor Supply Chicks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dstinett]

That's great to know because talking to my store manager is like talking to a rock. I finally found one employee that liked her job and always helpful. she got fired supposedly for being too social. other employees complained that she was always talking to customers leaving them with all the work. Ugh.

 

[rick2014]

How old are the chicks tractor supply sells.

 

[bluegrulla]

That's great to know because talking to my store manager is like talking to a rock. I finally found one employee that liked her job and always helpful. she got fired supposedly for being too social. other employees complained that she was always talking to customers leaving them with all the work. Ugh.

Being social and 'talking to customers' is what our job is all about... That was one of the first things I asked my mgr... 'how long is too long to spend with a customer?' He said 'there's no such thing as too long..' Customer Service takes the FB page very seriously... especially if you're not getting anywhere with the SM...

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

How old are the chicks tractor supply sells.

Chicks are shipped from the hatchery at 1 day old - this is done so the residual yolk nutrition will sustain them w/out needing supplemental food/water during shipping time and is the same for all new hatch chicks regardless of TSC, other retail outlets or private buyers. They generally arrive at the destination at 2-3 days of age - so the chicks are anywhere from 2 days to a couple of weeks depending on how long it takes that particular chick to be sold.

 

[bluegrulla]

How old are the chicks tractor supply sells.

We get ours usually on Weds and Thurs... they normally spend 2 days in the mail, so by the time they reach us at the store they're roughly 3-4 days old...

 

[SlipsWife]

Our local TSC gets their chicks from Privett. They ship out on Monday and get them early Tuesday morning. They usually sell out with in 2 days. I can't believe so many people around here have chickens!

 

[efalls]

Usually once they are a week old they will go half off... so If you are shopping for Cornish X or something I have a lot of, you may find good prices. I find that you pay the same price as you would from a hatchery minus the shipping cost, which is usually A LOT.

 

[Spitzboyz]

That's great to know because talking to my store manager is like talking to a rock. I finally found one employee that liked her job and always helpful. she got fired supposedly for being too social. other employees complained that she was always talking to customers leaving them with all the work. Ugh.

Isn't the point of customer service is to serve the customers? Stocking shelves is part of that process but so is great customer service! Shame on them for firing the only person that probably engaged with the customers, hence why she was probably doing all the talking while others were avoiding customers by stocking shelves!

 

[Highcotton]

Our Tractor Supply is very limited in what it carries. Their chicks arrive on 2/28 and, when I asked about what breeds would be available, they sent me to the Tractor Supply web site (tractorsupply.com) and told me to download the order form. It's the same order form for all Tractor Supply locations throughout the US. The form includes "Safe Handling Instructions," "Caring for your new chicks," "Supplies Check List," and then the actual birds available:

Golden-Laced Wyandottes
Silver-Laced Wyandottes
Barred Rocks
Cornish Rocks
Rhode Island Reds
New Hampshire Reds
Black Sex Links
Gold Sex Links
Buff Orpingtons
Black Australorps
White Leghorn
Danish Brown Leghorn
Ameraucanas
White Plymouth Rocks
White Turkeys
Bronze Turkeys
White Pekin Ducks
Mallard Ducks
Khaki Campbells

Also "Bantam Special" and "Assorted Duck."

They didn't say whether I could turn this form in as a pre-order, or whether I was supposed to mail it in. The form does say "Selections: Breed/Gender Must Be Purchased in Multiples of 5 And Must Total 25 Or More." Which is confusing, because I heard you could just pick what you want of what is in store. Confusing. We decided to avoid Tractor Supply and go through a hatchery instead. I'll still probably go take a peek, though!

There is not a 25 chick limit in the stores. It sounds like the form is for mail order. My grandson bought 2 ducks at our local TSC.

 

[Highcotton]

Ol Grey has a great point. It's not the employees fault at all. It's the store's responsibility to educate their employees the best they can. You can't blame the employees for something that is corporates fault or if their turn over is so high on employees that they just can't keep up training them. The final fault should lie with the hatchery supplying the chicks. They have a responsibility to their consumers to turn out high quality and satisfaction.

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