Re: Newbie

Her home page says Hobby farm. Hatchery in ( ). By looking at your site
and in comparison to yours she does not raise many more birds than you.
Offers ton of advice, she talked to me about a type of bird I knew nothing
about except they were pretty and heard they made a good pet for well over
an hour. The person who asked was happy so I will leave it at that.
Did not know news groups were so quick to slam instead of asking
questions. Oh well. Thought this would be another forum I could be of help
to others with what bits I know. If you would like to share your knowledge
with others young and old, organic and not, and every other opposite end of
the egg you can come up with please feel free to stop by, just have to
loosen those knickers. We have over 6400 members so every aspect is
covered. And if you do not want to join you can always browse, sure someone
else asked any question you can come up with already.
http://p072.ezboard.com/bbackyardchickens
Also some good threads about NAIS with links to the actual documents at
USDA.gov and topics on how it is being set up state by state.
Will be unsubscribing now.


"PammyT" <fenlandfowl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:rdMxf.127$e8.585@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> If all the eggs she incubates come from her own breeding pens and she is
> ethical in their care and welfare and is able to offer newbies advice as
> regards the characteristics of each breed and how to care for them
> properly,
> and if she would refuse to sell if she thought that the person wanting to
> buy was not going to do the job properly and cause sufferring, then I
> think
> she should not call herself a hatchery as it implies a large organisation
> with money the foremost consideration, no idea about breeds, no advice
> given
> and which buys in eggs or keeps the breeding stock in less that ideal
> conditions. She should call herself a hobby breeder and make it clear on
> her
> website that her prime concern is breeding quality stock , to offer
> advice,
> fit breeds to peoples requirements and that money is somewhere down the
> list
> in consideration. Of course we have to make enough money to support what
> we
> do but I can tell you that as stroppy and crabby as I am, I turn people
> away
> if they are not right and still have no trouble at all in selling what I
> breed and not for peanuts either.
> If I could not sell what I bred, I would still keep all of my fowl, but
> simply wouldn't breed any more. That's because I am a poultry fancier not
> a
> poultry business.
>
>


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