Went to TSC *about the 6 chick minimum

[columbiacritter]

No min here in Oregon and I really, really, wish there was. One of our local feed store chains does "Chick Days" where every child under 10 can get 1 free chick to take home in a little cardboard box. They give a one page hand out on care, but do nothign to encourage people to buy what they need to take care of it. I'm sure the mortality rate in the first few days is close to 90%. All of the chicks are roos so they won't make good pets if they live.

It pisses me off everytime I see their ads start up and I refuse to shop at thei rstores any time of the year because of it.

 

[Cheryl]

4hooves&featheredfriends :

NH - it seems to depend on where you go. AGWAY claims a 12 bird minimum even on ducks. Other places 3 & 6. As long as they know that you are knowledgeable in the keeping of fowl, then they combine orders.

I believe the Dept of Agriculture set the 12 chick minimum in NH, sure seems pretty high for the backyard farmer!​

 

[Marlinchaser]

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Sorry, not me, I try to buy 1 everytime I go in just to see if I can get away with it.

Operator: 911 what is the emergency
Me: I want to report TSC is selling less than 6 chicks
Operator: *click*
Me: Hello are you still there?

You don't dial 911 and it is not under the local sheriif jurisdiction. But I am sure you know this.

Thnx but no thnx for making fun of something I take very seriously.

your welcome

 

[speckledhen]

TSC is lying to customers. There is no state minimum in most places. They are telling everyone that everything they do is a state law and that is absolutely NOT TRUE. My DH called TSC Corporate and fussed tehm out for telling folks that the state required personal info given when you buy chicks--that is a lie as well. Told them that they will never get our business for their practices. This is ALL on TSC, not the state.

 

[Alyssandra]

Does anyone know where we can check our state laws on this? As I posted earlier the store (not TSC) was willing to put the 6 chicks on one bill even though two where for one person and 4 where for me....they said that incase they get checked they need to have the 6 on the same receipt. Anyone know the law's on it in WA state? This has me curious as to laws vs store policies.

 

[xjonesy]

Yep, IFA in Utah has the same 6-chick minimum for the same reason that has already been mentioned -- to keep parents from buying a single chick for their kids at Easter and then letting it die. They want real chicken raisers buying their chickens. Just go in with a friend or neighbor if 6 is too many.

Keep your receipt too...next year I'll go back and buy 1-2 more. Since I have the receipt showing I already purchased 6, they'll allow me to buy fewer next time.

 

[the_great_snag]

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I believe the Dept of Agriculture set the 12 chick minimum in NH, sure seems pretty high for the backyard farmer!

This sounds like an old law set up to favor the big egg farmers or something.

I've been in feed stores in MN and IA that allow you to buy any amount, so they must not have a state law.

My take on the TSC thing is they must have a desire at the corporate level to discourage the "Easter chick" phenomenon where irresponsible people buy baby chicks for the novelty of it, and then fail to take care of them.

Buy a gun at WalMart and you will see similar policies in action. They have had so many problems with untrained employees screwing up gun transfer/sales that they have a very strict unwavering procedure for selling any firearm. Most of what they do is unnecessary and way beyond the law's requirements, but it avoids screwups.

In both cases it's an unfortunate example of a company trading off properly training and trusting their employees to use common sense in favor of a mindless inflexible POLICY.

I think policy should be a 4 letter word. It replaces brains with rules.

At least their intentions seem honorable...

 

[greyhorsewoman]

It is probably easier for TSC to have a blanket company policy than to try to police every store setting its own limits based on local and state laws. They have every right to set a store policy regardless of state law. I agree, however, when the clerks misunderstand that to mean 6 of each variety, etc., it does get annoying.

I favor a minimum of six ... it prevents 'impulse buying' by folks who are not set up for long term care of their birds. One or two chicks are very volatile to so many things. I am a child of the 50's and was given two chicks many Easters (then my mother switched to ducks). Many times those chicks didn't survive their first week of life. If they did, they were roos and mother dispatched them for soup (and had to 'feed' me some stupid story so I didn't realize what had happened). For whatever reason, the ducklings fared better and often became devoted pets that played in my swimming pool and followed me everywhere.

 

[ODS-n-ENS FARM]

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I believe the Dept of Agriculture set the 12 chick minimum in NH, sure seems pretty high for the backyard farmer!

This sounds like an old law set up to favor the big egg farmers or something.

I've been in feed stores in MN and IA that allow you to buy any amount, so they must not have a state law.

My take on the TSC thing is they must have a desire at the corporate level to discourage the "Easter chick" phenomenon where irresponsible people buy baby chicks for the novelty of it, and then fail to take care of them.

Buy a gun at WalMart and you will see similar policies in action. They have had so many problems with untrained employees screwing up gun transfer/sales that they have a very strict unwavering procedure for selling any firearm. Most of what they do is unnecessary and way beyond the law's requirements, but it avoids screwups.

In both cases it's an unfortunate example of a company trading off properly training and trusting their employees to use common sense in favor of a mindless inflexible POLICY.

I think policy should be a 4 letter word. It replaces brains with rules.

At least their intentions seem honorable...

Its for more than chicks, its also bunnies goslings and ducklings(not turkeys) It was enacted because of Easter gifts. It is also illegal to sell, gift or display colored chicks etc.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XL/437/437-14.htm

 

[shay20]

our feed store also has a state law of min 6. and its a different store than tsc.