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markie

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11. right now

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sat Apr 8, 2023, 06:52 PM

Apr 2023

baby chicks are worth their weight in gold... no one is giving them away...

and... it is policy, if not law that stores can't sell less than 6 to one person... that is the direct result of past traditions of giving baby animals (chicks, bunnies) at Eastertime

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I was thinking of a sad memory of Easter--those colored real live peeps. I remember getting my new [View all] debm55 Apr 2023 OP

Won a chick snowybirdie Apr 2023 #1

I don't know what they were thinking to give a child a fragile baby animal. I was about 5 when it debm55 Apr 2023 #2

Sorry snowybird. I am so glad that tradition of giving chicks away for Easter is far behind us. It's debm55 Apr 2023 #8

That's sad. debm55 Apr 2023 #15

I was thinking of a sad adopted kitten XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #3

Sorry XanaDUer 2 and sorry for the poor kitten. debm55 Apr 2023 #5

Ty XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #6

We didn't do that, but when my little sister was in first grade, she got the class chick. rsdsharp Apr 2023 #4

So sorry rsdharp for your dad and your family.. debm55 Apr 2023 #7

Thank you. It was 1969. rsdsharp Apr 2023 #9

I remember my brother worked at a gas station blueinredohio Apr 2023 #10

I am glad they stopped that. debm55 Apr 2023 #16

right now markie Apr 2023 #11

I think you misunderstood my post. And I know that it is against policy to sell the dyed chicks. I debm55 Apr 2023 #13

so sorry markie Apr 2023 #17

We got a couple as gifts Yonnie3 Apr 2023 #12

yes, back then it was. I am glad that it has stopped. I sort of blamed myself for what happened to debm55 Apr 2023 #14