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sorry none here untill next year

Quote: ok you lost me there. I guess your talking about I should take them to swaps and stuff. I don't want to be taking them places and exposing to illness. I'm not going to be keeping them that long either. I'm talking about getting rid of birds that are 4 weeks old or younger. I don't do a...

Quote: So, if I'm understanding this correctly, other people in your area can sell YOUR chickens, but the same people who are buying them from other people won't buy the very same chickens from you? ok you lost me there. I guess your talking about I should take them to swaps and stuff. I...

Quote: Some people think it is FUN to see what they breed or 'make'. They actually ENJOY it, and there is nothing wrong with that. That frustrates me if you can't tell. You're exactly right, it's a free country and you can breed your chickens any way you want too. Some of us, including...

Helping kids get started would be my first pick, but where to start? I asked about my niece's 4h group and she was the only one that had chickens. Males are more than likely going to have to be culled I think, just because of no demand for them. I'm not really trying to be selfish here, but when...

Well in order to show them 4h'ers would have to buy them basically grown unless they were planning for the next year, but kids are so "now" that they might not even be showing chickens in a year. I can't really give them chicks to show since it will be a good 6 months or more before they can be...

my problem is going to be with the blue, black, and splashes that should be going for a premium price are to bred to breed standards, I just dont' have the room for them and I only want to keep the mottleds. I don't have the space to keep these too or I would and then sell them later. I hope...

Quote: I think that is where I am at, mainly because of space limitations. Almost no one wants any males so I am going to be shooting to finish out trios that way I can sell some females and some pairs. It breaks my heart to kill the babies, but I can't be overcrowding either and it takes a...

Quote: Well said. That is the problem that I am facing now, what am I going to do with these birds. I have almost started over with a lot better birds and my culls are going to be very nice quality birds and I don't want someone else reaping the benefits of my time and investment. I am not in...

I guess the problem that I'm having is that my culls are not going to be culls so to speak. There could be some very nice blue, black, or splash birds, but at 2 weeks old I have no way to make a price on them. If you do the basic math for me to have 30 pullets and 10 cockerels to finish out I...

Quote: well the problem I have here is that my cochins take at least 6 months before you could even think about eating them or I would just do that, silkies are probably about the same. I am talking about getting rid of them as soon as I can tell color or sex, anywhere between 2-6 weeks old so...

The problem that I have with selling cheap or free is people breeding them for show or something. My culls may only be a color that I do not want to keep but other than that may be a very good sq bird of a different color. That is where I am running into problems. What to do with those birds...

Quote: I know what you mean. A lot of my culls are better than other's breeder's not trying to knock anyone either I just don't know what to do with the ones that are going to come out the wrong color and I know there will be a few. and given that it takes almost a year for a bantam cochin to...