TSC Problems and Ranting

[GlicksChicks]

Some of the stores in Georgia were getting ENTIRE shipments DOA because of mail delays. Maybe there were a lot of sick or dead chicks in the shipment, "Unfortunately" sounds a lot like something I would sarcastically say if I was obliged to sell weak or dying babes.

The TSC employees definitely are RETAIL workers, not SMEs. I've had one tense up in horror when I flagged her down to inform her that the crested cream legbars (that she got from the back of the store) were NOT all female. She mumbled "the hatchery said..." clearly expecting to get chewed out about something she didn't know about or have control over. She relaxed when it became clear I wasn't going to verbally abuse her. I started info dumping on her about autosexing chicks and what the boys and girls look like. Sick or injured chicks are usually kept in back, and if you show that you know what you're doing, you can usually get them for 25 cents or free, because they're relieved that the chick might actually have a chance to survive. So, not the greatest situation for employees or chicks, sadly.

The only thing I have heard about the chickens in the back was a woman offering me a 3 legged rooster that they had in the back. This was at a TSC I uses to go to before I moved. I didn't take it though because at the time I was not looking for a rooster.

Whenever I get the chance to talk chickens and tell people about them, I take that chance. Talking about chickens is something that I can do all the time.

 

[GlicksChicks]

They're not a hatchery, and again, not everything employee will know everything. The amount of times I have been asked a question I didn't have an answer for, or was put on a task that I was not familiar with is more than I can count on fingers

I am talking about the hatchery that the chicks come from who have them labelled when they are shipped. I know that TSC is not a hatchery.

 

[GlicksChicks]

How many pepperonis on a large?

(runs away cackling)

I dunno but I like pepperoni

 

[tripletfeb]

Do they not quarantine new chicks at your local? I thought that was company policy. The 3 near me all get them on Weds but don't release them for sale until Friday. The other feed stores around here who offer chicks also hold them for minimum 24 hours.

Maybe it's an AZ thing...

Nope. They are held for a few days in Ohio too

 

[GlicksChicks]

Nope. They are held for a few days in Ohio too

My TSC does not hold them. They put them on sale as soon as they get them. They definitely should hold them to see if any are sickly.

 

[sourland]

Nope. They are held for a few days in Ohio too

Same here in NJ.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Mine hold them for the 48 hours, probably so they can get the credit for them without people seeing losses