Gah!! Stinking birds

**Missy** · 12-13-2008, 03:20 PM

No eggs yet...wanna know why?? Because boys don't lay eggs. The guy who sold them to me said they were sexed already. They were pullets, he swore. Saw me coming a mile away. Now i gotta swap out a buncha roos with pullets that I am gonna have to buy. Gonna have to GIVE away the roos because there's noone here in town that can have or would want a roo.

argh.

I could go across town to the place near where i got my roos (bout 15 mi from my house), but I can't drive that far alone and I don't know anyone that would want to go on a hen run with me. Argh, argh.

**madhen** · 12-13-2008, 03:22 PM

I take it they have started to learn to crow?

**Missy** · 12-13-2008, 03:26 PM

much to my chagrin, yes. they are crowing. Not loud yet, they are finding their voices. I could explode right about now. My own fault for trusting someone i don't really know. But yeesh, you advertise pullets, they should be pullets, right?? Granted, his terminology was off then (they were day olds) it should have set off warning bells then. But, man alive!! ack ack ack. Guess we'll have chicken in the freezer, huh?

**homesteadmamma** · 12-13-2008, 04:17 PM

Awe Missy, sorry you didn't get what you were suppose to. Hope it gets all worked out.

**madhen** · 12-13-2008, 04:31 PM

People like that dig their own graves, business-wise. Word of mouth is a contagious thing. Not only will you never buy anything from him again, but neither will anyone you warn.

Good luck with the next flock!

**FrugalMomof3** · 12-13-2008, 04:36 PM

Sorry this happened to you, I say that the guy has what's coming to him.

**nvmommyx6** · 12-13-2008, 05:46 PM

Take them all back to him, and if he wont exchange them for the pullets he promised you.......Leave the jerk with the roosters....let his smart A$$ figure out what to do with them!!!!!!!!!

**Missy** · 12-13-2008, 07:54 PM

nvmommy, it sure is tempting. I have to do something. On the upside, I do have some leads on some real...they're laying eggs... hens.

**fixer** · 12-13-2008, 09:47 PM

I would take the roosters back and when he opens his door, release them into his house. Oh well, I am sure his bad karma will catch up with him, but you have to admit my idea is a great mental picture.

**nvmommyx6** · 12-13-2008, 10:04 PM

Here is another thought, you could eat them!!! They taste just like chicken!!!!!ROFLMAO

**LastDragonfly** · 12-13-2008, 10:34 PM

OI, I think you should make a loud obnoxious scene where you bought them in front of a WHOLE bunch of people. Grrr. I hate it when ya get ripped off.

**Minner77** · 12-14-2008, 12:12 PM

And to think he's sleeping soundly at night, figuring he pulled (another?) fast one. Just not right, not right.

BTW, Missy -- re your "status" line about getting a degree online: I just finished a degree entirely online, and it was a wonderful way to accomplish it. I highly encourage you, and wish the very best! (P.S. It was a Master's in Adult and Higher Ed, so I'm kind of a "pusher" in this regard, esp. since I focused on distance learning!) BEST of luck to you!!

~Mary

**Scattymum** · 12-19-2008, 04:02 PM

omg, thats appalling, Id be going back there and demanding my money back or at least getting replacements! ( the egg laying kind!)

hope you get something sorted! Im loving having my chickens, we are finally getting eggs and it was definatly worth the wait!

**redmaples** · 12-29-2008, 09:18 AM

Missy, update us on what you did w/ the roos!
I am wondering if you got hens to replace!

**cmdarlin** · 12-29-2008, 10:36 AM

That's horrible! At least you can have them for meat in the freezer. I really miss the fresh eggs. I pray we can find a place where I can have a few hens again.

Debbie