I have to say I'm very heartbroken over my experience with this place. We had 16 chickens that we got from various feed stores in May, and they were all very healthy and thriving. 4 of the bantams came from QB&T when they were in the brooder.
Three and a half weeks ago I got 3 more chickens from QB&T and upon getting home I noticed one was sneezing and had a raspy breath. I took the chick back and the men working (John and Junior) acted as if I was losing my mind because there was nothing wrong with the bird. It was "fine" and "sometimes chickens get colds, that's what happens when it starts raining and gets wet outside" or "perhaps it was just allergic to something in my house"
Excuses, excuses.
They begrudgingly swapped the sick chick out for me and I asked for guidance about quarantine time frames. Junior told me there was no need to quarantine them at all. I am a novice, but I felt like checking that info before I set the new birds loose with the rest of my flock.
We kept the new chicks quarantined in the house, far away from the other chickens for 14 days. They seemed fine and the year old hen I got even laid an egg during that time. We felt confident that they would be ok so we socialized them with everyone else.
BIG MISTAKE!
Just one day later, the two youngest (new) chicks died and now a week after that, the rest of our birds are sneezing and have dark green drainage. I'm terrified we are going to lose our entire flock now.
The handful of times I've been here to do business, I always leave with something I didn't intend to buy because the man checking me out insists that I need it for the health of my chickens. Medicated feed, VetRX, probiotics.... everything I have gotten has done nothing.
In hindsight, I never should have expanded our flock because it seems we will soon be without any birds to show the hard work we did to get started this spring and summer.
I urge you to do as much research as you can and use extreme caution when buying any live poultry from this place. I have since learned that chickens don't get colds, they get potentially deadly respiratory infections that are highly contagious. I suppose that sharing that important knowledge is not very conducive for business, so saying they just have a "cold" seems harmless enough to the amateur chicken owners.
It's absolutely devastating to think that a few dollars in their pockets is worth the demise of my entire flock! Shameful business practices.
Please save yourself headache and stress and find a place that has healthy birds. read more