Steve Morrow had no idea what he was getting into when he put in a peculiar bid on the New Zealand auction site Trade Me.
The sale was for "one 1000" hens, according to Stuff. The ad also read, "As a matter of urgency we need to move approximately 1000 hens." A small free-range egg farm was closing down and needed to re-home its birds. Morrow thought the auction winner would be allowed to take as many hens as he or she pleased, but uh, that's not how it worked.
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"When the auction closed, I thought 'this is great', I could take as many birds as I wanted," Morrow told Stuff. "But when I spoke to the man and he said it was for 1000 hens ... holy moly, I was stunned, I can tell you that." Read more...
More about Auctions, Viral Animals, Culture, Web Culture, and Animalsfrom Mashable https://mashable.com/article/man-buys-1000-hens-auction/
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