A very nice middle-aged man contacted me last week looking for blue cochin chicks. He explained that he wanted to buy something really special for his mom for Mother's day since she had done some extra special things for him lately. He went on to say that she loves her laying hens, but she still misses the blue cochins she used to raise. "Those lovely blue hens wearing their funny clown pants were always her favorites. She is all set up with lamps, feeders - she's got everything she needs."
Well it just so happened that I had a new batch of 6, 2-day old blue cochins. The man was thrilled and we made pick-up arrangements for Saturday. I added a container of chick starter to make sure she wouldn't be caught unprepared for her new chicks.
Well, the mother called me sunday evening. She was not impressed to say the least. She said the only thing that might have been worse than baby chicks for Mother's day would be having a root canal. She said she nearly had a heart attack when she saw the box...and she didn't mean that in a good way!
Her little pen of laying hens is all she has room for, and she is not set up to handle baby chicks at all.
Well, she brought the 6 chicks back today, none the worse for their travels. They had not left their box and had only been inside the home, so there were no biosecurity issues. I don't usually offer returns and refunds, but this was a special situation, and I can chalk it up to experience. In the future I will have a lot more questions to ask anyone buying chicks as a gifts!
Well it just so happened that I had a new batch of 6, 2-day old blue cochins. The man was thrilled and we made pick-up arrangements for Saturday. I added a container of chick starter to make sure she wouldn't be caught unprepared for her new chicks.
Well, the mother called me sunday evening. She was not impressed to say the least. She said the only thing that might have been worse than baby chicks for Mother's day would be having a root canal. She said she nearly had a heart attack when she saw the box...and she didn't mean that in a good way!
Her little pen of laying hens is all she has room for, and she is not set up to handle baby chicks at all.Well, she brought the 6 chicks back today, none the worse for their travels. They had not left their box and had only been inside the home, so there were no biosecurity issues. I don't usually offer returns and refunds, but this was a special situation, and I can chalk it up to experience. In the future I will have a lot more questions to ask anyone buying chicks as a gifts!
