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[Ladybird CA]

Bantam sultans from hatcheries are white

 

[Alexandra33]

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very well put! Sometimes I speak my mind at the first thing I see without thinking too much and then when I see the post again the person doesn’t respond leading me to think I may have offended them but I have only an hour or two to spare sometimes and there’s so many interesting threads to check on out, I forget to be careful about what I type sometimes

So true! Our words can oftentimes be interpreted in several ways. Normally, I see specific members around BYC so often, I've become familiar with their writing style/personality. In a way, this is enough to deduce exact intent. Some, who are tried-and-true (like you!), don't seem capable of an offensive post.....though those who joined recently may not have caught on to patterns yet.

~Alex

 

[hhouck514]

The second one is definitely not a zilkie. All silkies have black skin.

 

[Coffeebean1947]

Bantam sultans from hatcheries are white

It appears white in the photo. The rare grey that turns white has been known to pop up though. My chick has some light blue grey on her rear.

 

[Ladybird CA]

It appears white in the photo. The rare grey that turns white has been known to pop up though. My chick has some light blue grey on her rear.

The grey chick in my photo of white silkies also turned out all white but this chick from the OP has adult grey foot feathers

 

[Ladybird CA]

Sultans should also have a V comb and a crest

 

[Ladybird CA]

I actually did think of the possibility of it being a sultan when I read about it having extra toes too then I went back to look at the picture. I think it looks like a hen too

 

[Amer]

So true! Our words can oftentimes be interpreted in several ways. Normally, I see specific members around BYC so often, I've become familiar with their writing style/personality. In a way, this is enough to deduce exact intent. Some, who are tried-and-true (like you!), don't seem capable of an offensive post.....though those who joined recently may not have caught on to patterns yet.

~Alex

This is true! Some people who are new can be offended by others of whom I understand to write in different styles!

 

[Stacyoung13]

Sometimes little kids pic up a chick from one bin and put it in another.

Sometimes ADULTS pick up a chick from one bin and put in another. LOL

 

[Finnie]

The title of this thread is kind of inflammatory. It drew me in, in defense of the friendly and helpful people I know who work at my two local TSCs. (And others I have been to.)

Their bantam bin is always "assorted". The hatchery does not tell them what breeds were sent, and yes, it is up to the customer to either accept "pot luck surprise", or to know a little something about chick identification in order to choose what they HOPE will be a particular breed. Same with their duck bins.

Now, the large fowl bins are a different story. The boxes those come in are labeled specifically, and the employees moving them from box to bin and putting the signs up sometimes do make mistakes. But the TSC employees are not lying liars. They don't make mistakes on purpose, but most of them never had anything to do with chickens until they got this job, and they are just learning.