Chicken_Little_AGray
Chirping
I was supposed to get 3 more chicks today, but the store I get them from got a shipment of ducklings instead of chicks. I went to a place called “Pratt’s Pets” to get chicks, because they had the breeds I wanted instead. They “guarantee all female chicks”. This was super weird to me because you can’t guarantee that in all the breeds they had. Once I got there, there were chickens free roaming around the shop, and there were cages of birds EVERYWHERE. It also smelled horrible. I made it to the chick section, and it was so bad. No heat lamp, and there were dozens of chicks in each tiny section. There were chicks with golf ball-sized poop wads stuck to their butts. They all looked sick. I asked the man working there what age they were, and he said 4-8 weeks. They did not have feathers. They could not have been more than 2 weeks old at most. He denied saying they were all guarantee to be female on the phone, and said that they can’t be 100% sure if they are female or not. There were little children opening and grabbing the chicks as well.
Be aware of stores like this, and PLEASE do not buy chicks or other animals from places like this.
Be aware of stores like this, and PLEASE do not buy chicks or other animals from places like this.