TSC IS LYNCHING CHICKENS!

[DuckWhisperer06]

Perhaps I should have also mentioned that for the most part in stores like Tractor Supply, Atwoods, and other feed stores I appear to be out of place, for lack of a better term. The manner in which the young man was described earlier in this thread (he thought they were icky and should work at Starbucks) is how I feel most people look at me when I am in environments like that. Of course I don't think the birds are icky and on multiple occasions I've taken "man cards" from snotty little redneck boys who don't know what something like j-clamps or j-clamp pliers are, but it doesn't mean that the whole time I'm there I don't notice people staring at me. That was another contributing factor to not wanting to confront or re-educate anyone. Which I suppose is rather sad on my part that the way people look at and treat me prevents me from dispensing knowledge to those who need it. That's one of the many reasons I enjoy BYC. I can post away without feeling like people are going to turn around to ask another associate if I'm gay, as if that somehow means that I don't have any business somewhere or that what I'm telling them isn't true. Which has happened multiple times when I've worked in pet store retail environments. Thankfully, it become obvious very quickly that I generally know much more than the rest of the staff or the customers so within months people are telling their friends to ask for me, or driving from hours away to get things from me. *shrugs*

Wow

It’s sad that others become so convinced that what they’re doing is the right way or the best way to do something that they can’t even imagine learning from somebody. Not to say that about anybody here. Some do have good ways of doing things, others think they do but don’t have the heart to realize they may be doing more harm than good.

Some folks know what they’re doing, others don’t. Often those that don’t are the ones that get hired to work at places like TSC or Atwood’s, but then call us crazy for correcting them about something we’ve done ourselves for years.

I’m not pointing fingers at anybody who works at a feed store, I’m just saying that most young workers there seem to be ‘uneducated’.

 

[sealer39]

Earlier in this thread I was chastised for using the term “lynch” to describe chicks being hung by their necks to determine their gender. I was told I didn’t know the meaning of the words I was using and that I need to use less offensive words to describe the lynching of chicks. So I won’t use the term “lynch” anymore.

Having said that, I went to three more Tractor Supply stores today and didn’t see any employees choking their chickens.

I also just found a really cool feature on this site. It’s called the “ignore” button. It works very well. It’s just like changing the channel on a TV, if your offended you can ignore the offender and go on your merry way.

 

[Acre4Me]

Why so rude?

They may very well know what it means but were just opting to make it more dramatic or exaggerate it.

Why so rude?

They may very well know what it means but were just opting to make it more dramatic or exaggerate it.

What was rude?

And yes, they were opting to make it more "dramatic" by mis-using words. However, it is in poor taste to take some thing horrible (lynching) and apply it to something simplistic, like holding a chick for a few short seconds to supposedly tell gender. Chick was fine, not harmed nor tortured nor put to death illegally by mob action.

Of course, if you find lynching an appropriate term to use here as it relates to chicks, please enlighten me. I'm really curious.

 

[Acre4Me]

@sealer39 - LOL! Right you Are.

 

[roosterhavoc]

 

[MROO]

Point and counterpoint have both been acknowledged by all. It appears that no insult was intended. Can we please let this one go, now and move on?

 

[MROO]

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Ohhh George and Archie ... we miss you both!

 

[sealer39]

Point and counterpoint have both been acknowledged by all. It appears that no insult was intended. Can we please let this one go, now and move on?

Will do.
Since this is a weird thread involving TSC, in one of the stores today I saw a sign on a chicken bin advertising Mystic Marans. The bin was empty. I have never heard of these nor does Hoover’s have a chicken named Mystic Maran on their website. Is there such a bird?

Edit: It seems that every time I walk into a TSC lately I walk out with a question.

 

[chicknmania]

I used to work for Atwoods. I honestly HATE how they handle the chicks. They wouldn't allow us to put lids on the containers to keep customers who had no idea what they were doing from handling chicks. Kids would throw chicks and chicks would become sick from all the people handling them. What was really weird was some stores were allowed to put chicks on lockdown for safety, but corporate wouldn't allow our store to protect the chicks. As someone who loves her chickens, it was horrible having to see this every day.

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[chicknmania]

The t.s.c.here has a big sign advising that only employees are allowed to handle chicks and to ask for help. They also have a security rail around the chick bins. I wish all stores had that policy. In fact I once mentioned that to the manager at the local feed mill here and they did institute that policy too. Most stores have signs asking people not to allow their children to handle chicks. Anyway point being it's not just Tsc. It's pretty much any store that sells them. You just have to evaluate the store before you buy. I dont buy chicks from t.s.c. because I think the chicks just go through too much stress with shipping and handling etc. We buy from our local feed mill or usually from the local hatchery..where we can go ourselves and pick them up directly.