Tractor Supply federal tracking!?

[thndrdancr]

Went to Orschelns here in Nebraska and they are doing the same thing.
No limit, thank goodness, but they have tracking. I asked when they started it, and they told me last year!

 

[IndianaSilkies]

Our Rural King makes you purchase 25 chicks! They are at the end of the selling now and the guy said there is no minimum now. I don't know if TSC is selling chicks this year... they stopped selling chicks a few years ago and started selling rabbits. Hmmm I'll have to check that out!

 

[Oceanseve]

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right on! I don't know if the tsc here is keeping track or not...but tsc has been working hard to keep track of their losses and getting more corporate pressures lately due to their profits dropping somewhat.

noone of the feed stores in the four-five city radius of me are keeping track either.

its scary. its city people who think we wallow in filth and treat the animals with no care and who have never seen a live farm animal in their lives other than what greenpeace and other "save the animals" vegetarian groups scream at the top of their lungs.

If only the government funded education system would actually TEACH ppeople about where their food comes from, maybe even make the children see it first hand.

In the cities, even small and medium sized cities, there are LOADS of people who have NEVER seen where their food comes from. they"know" where it comes from...but don't equate the animal and everything it takes to get that animal to their table with the cost to them or that it might be messy, etc.

its a weird worrld we live in. The government who cares about everyone is trying to make food so expensive that noone can afford to grow it!

This is an excellent point. The farmer we get our milk from kept pushing off the visit for everyone to come up and see his farm (about an hour and a half away) My sister said it made her nervous, like there was something wrong, I tried to explain - he is probably thinking city folk are probably scared to death of seeing feces anywhere near their food products, dispite the fact what they are eating/drinking is directly related to that process. Another board I post on had a post of a woman's visiting sisterinlaw saying she was going to turn her in to animal control for abuse because she slaughters her chickens. Then they went to dinner and the sisterinlaw ordered chicken

some people......

 

[EllyMae]

The TSC here did the same thing when I bought my ducks Wednesday. I really was leery about putting my NCDL # on that sheet. It was right there where the next person signing it could see my info...address, phone # and NCDL #. I would really like to know what that is all about!

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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The TSC I bought my 6 chicks from yesterday was selling chicks, ducklings & rabbits. I wasn't asked to fill out any paperwork.

 

[Feathered Wings]

They did it when i bought my chicks at TS just took my info not my DL#
It may be a precaution that if anyone has chicks become sick they can inform the ones that bought chicks about it.
I have to fill out the same thing when i sell at the livestock auction.
They test my Chickens and tag them and i sign a paper stating they are mine.
They do that to all chickens that go through the livestock auction.

 

[bethandjoeync]

We bought our 10 chicks yesterday at TSC and we wasnt ask for any info. I wouldnt have gotten them if ask to fill out personal info to get them.

 

[melissastraka]

My TSC had a 6 chicken min but that was all...I could get 7 if i wanted and they did ask for my zipcode but that was it...I wouldnt buy from a place that wanted any more info then that

 

[Guinea Goonie]

Tell you what. If my feed store wants me to do a "tracking" when I go to pick up my chicks in April i will tell them that they just bought themselves 30 chicks. This is ridiculous and I would not give the federal government ANY information that they do not need.

Gezz, I feel the blood coming up to the corners of my eyes.

First off, how the heck are they going to know which chick is which when they grow up ? They got DNA on them ?

This is chicken poop and a POOR attempt at trying to see if we are just stupid enough to let them "track" us.

I would say let TS raise a bunch of chicks this year.

Oh, this is sooo close to political, but I will not band myself from this one.

 

[LovinMyPeeps]

I purchased my "mini-flock" from Ideal through the mail and they said nothing to me about tracking, only that they had a "100% live guaruntee" and they did arrive alive.

BTW if you order a small number from Ideal and they tell you they are adding "a few" males for warmth?? I ordered 8 and got 24... 3 for the price of one? ... no where to put them had to make another emergency brooder box etc... good thing I bought extra supplies!