canesisters
Garden Master
A few weeks ago I was looking into the breed Russian Orloff. Loved the way they looked. Loved their dispositions. Couldn't find any within a resonable distance for a reasonable price.
Someone on BYC suggested that I look at Sandhill Preservation Center. BINGO! They have them - and for a great price. But they only sell chicks in groups of 25. Well I certainly don't need 25 more chicks, so I went back on BYC and asked if anyone wanted to split an order.
The next thing I knew, two other folks wanted in on an order. In the mean time, I found out that Orloffs aren't really all that great of egg layers... So I switched to blue Jersey Giants (4) and Exchequer Leghorns (4). The other 2 made up the rest of the order. We decided that 2 of us would send payment to the third, she would order and receive the chicks just before the big spring swap meet and bring them to the meet along with all the ones she was selling. We would meet her there and pick up our chicks (and do a little more chick shopping too).
Well, since yesterday afternoon:
*One of the folks has had to back out of the order.
*At the same time, someone else contacted me wanting to get in on it - and the woman receiving the chicks wanted to up her chick count. Bumping our count over 25 - but not enough to make a second order.
*Since I started this whole thing (why is it that I seem to be always STARTING things????) I offered to bump up my count a little bit to help make up a second order......
Several texts, a few PMs and suddenly I've agreed to buying 4 giants, 4 leghorns and 12 assorted heavy breed chicks....
Wait.. what???? Didn't I just say yesterday that I did NOT want 20 more chicks??????
Someone on BYC suggested that I look at Sandhill Preservation Center. BINGO! They have them - and for a great price. But they only sell chicks in groups of 25. Well I certainly don't need 25 more chicks, so I went back on BYC and asked if anyone wanted to split an order.
The next thing I knew, two other folks wanted in on an order. In the mean time, I found out that Orloffs aren't really all that great of egg layers... So I switched to blue Jersey Giants (4) and Exchequer Leghorns (4). The other 2 made up the rest of the order. We decided that 2 of us would send payment to the third, she would order and receive the chicks just before the big spring swap meet and bring them to the meet along with all the ones she was selling. We would meet her there and pick up our chicks (and do a little more chick shopping too).
Well, since yesterday afternoon:
*One of the folks has had to back out of the order.
*At the same time, someone else contacted me wanting to get in on it - and the woman receiving the chicks wanted to up her chick count. Bumping our count over 25 - but not enough to make a second order.
*Since I started this whole thing (why is it that I seem to be always STARTING things????) I offered to bump up my count a little bit to help make up a second order......
Several texts, a few PMs and suddenly I've agreed to buying 4 giants, 4 leghorns and 12 assorted heavy breed chicks....
Wait.. what???? Didn't I just say yesterday that I did NOT want 20 more chicks??????
I will be moving my hens, then adding Delaware chicks as soon as I can!! More chickens!! And DSIL has a hankering for a Christmas goose dinner.......I guess you know where this is going..... 
