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I had someone stop by not long ago asking me if I knew where they could get some chickens, obviously knowing I have chickens because they do not live far from me. So I told them I was just placing an order for some more and if they wanted we could place a joint order seeing that the delivery charge is 30 bucks for each order.
Well they agree and I told them I would email them the website where they could check what type of birds they wanted and get back to me. the next day I drove by their place and stopped in, they showed me their coop. They have 7 birds one of which is a roo, and several rabbits, all kept inside a 4x4 coop that is only about 4 foot high. No run, no nothing.
I mentioned to them that the coop they currently had wasn't big enough for the birds they had now, and they certainly should not be housing rabbits with chickens. Well they said their coop was fine, and that there was plenty more room for another 15 in there. I was so not impressed.
Before I left they told me they had more rabbits but the other ones died of Cocci, and even though they knew they could medicate them they decided against it to save money. I was even less impressed by now, then my dh asked them if they free range the birds, seeing there was no run it would make sense right? well their answer was astonishing, since they got their chickens and rabbits last spring, they not once have seen the outside of that 4x4 coop. I told them flatly I refused to get them any birds what so ever and told them they were keeping their birds in cruel confinement. I was really ticked off. A couple days later, they sent me an email with pictures of their birds free ranging. glad they got the message, but there is not way I will ever get them birds or any sort of animal. Now I know why the lady on the street over from me refused to sell them chickens. Some people are just so clueless!!!
