BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[ronott1]

Bummer. I'll see if I can find someone else...

Thanks anyhow!

- Ant Farm

It is a problem that happens all the time. A lot are only into chickens for a short time and are gone. Sometimes life changes and they not longer have the ability to have them.

 

[ronott1]

Yes, I just noticed that too, sorry she is the only one I remember, but I bet if there are others they would be on the silky thread.

That is a great idea!

Someone may have her flock too.

 

[jbkirk]

Yes, I just noticed that too, sorry she is the only one I remember, but I bet if there are others they would be on the silky thread.

Don't say ANYTHING about using them for meat or they'll kill you, or so I've heard. They LOVE their silkies alot.

 

[Kassaundra]

Don't say ANYTHING about using them for meat or they'll kill you, or so I've heard. They LOVE their silkies alot.

ABSOLUTELY the silky thread is a PET thread, keep that in mind when posting, you could be burned at the stake for eating them.

 

[Beekissed]

Same with the Cochin thread.

You would have thought I was talking about eating human babies when I asked if anyone was breeding Cochins for a bigger, meaty carcass. I was told Cochins were strictly pets and were NOT for eating and that~basically~ I was just there on that thread to hurt and antagonize people.

I was being dead serious! I had the chance to butcher out a Cochin rooster and thought their frame worthy of packing on more meat, as they seem to have good depth and width, just not a lot of density.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

ABSOLUTELY the silky thread is a PET thread, keep that in mind when posting, you could be burned at the stake for eating them.

Oh, I already had figured that out. Now that I think about it, I might even skip trying to find a BYC source altogether and see what I can get from Ideal...

- Ant Farm

 

[Kassaundra]

Oh, I already had figured that out. Now that I think about it, I might even skip trying to find a BYC source altogether and see what I can get from Ideal...

- Ant Farm

Are you wanting silkies specifically or fibro?

 

[Beer can]

You don't happen to know or could hazard a guess as to what hatchery TSC would have gotten the Silkies from up your way?

- Ant Farm

IDK, thought it was Ideal, can't find it now, wherever it was the reviews said they were larger than standard, and they are supposed to be poor layers, mine lay better than the b leghorns I have. Got disappointed in some NN cemani crosses I was supposed to get last yr, didn't work out, I was going to get the non NN ones, poor hatches and weasel killed her rooster, only had one pullet for me and some non fibro roosters, didn't want to drive a hour for that. So I bought the silkies I never wanted. I was going to go for giant silkie crosses, still going to try it for one hatch if giant doesn't squish silkies, was going to go the other way, but I can't spare a pullet, so I culled the silkie rooster who has been insane crowing all night long for months..!!! Getting them all crowing both coops like a contest all night long!! been quite lately...If you want some giant silkie cross eggs let me know, I'll have to hatch some out to see if any come out fibro, don't know what I'll do with them probably just eat them. I've decided to go a different direction for fibro, cemani NN myself, for NN fibro, Have a source for cheap pure cemani culls not to far from me..

If your set on big silkies, IDK who it was, but someone gave me a source recently that's here on BYC for a cross of silkie with cochin, and has been breeding for silkie traits, but big.

 

[Beer can]

Don't say ANYTHING about using them for meat or they'll kill you, or so I've heard. They LOVE their silkies alot.

ABSOLUTELY the silky thread is a PET thread, keep that in mind when posting, you could be burned at the stake for eating them.

Same with the Cochin thread.

You would have thought I was talking about eating human babies when I asked if anyone was breeding Cochins for a bigger, meaty carcass. I was told Cochins were strictly pets and were NOT for eating and that~basically~ I was just there on that thread to hurt and antagonize people.

I was being dead serious! I had the chance to butcher out a Cochin rooster and thought their frame worthy of packing on more meat, as they seem to have good depth and width, just not a lot of density.

What I got out of BYC on my first visits, ... didn't want to offend anyone so I scrapped my first avatar name beer can chicken, now everyone just thinks I'm a lush....

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Are you wanting silkies specifically or fibro?

Well, yes, SUPER interested in fibro, of course. But separately have had a wild idea (likely induced by cold medicine) of having fuzzy Silkie NN crosses. I'm probably crazy...

- Ant Farm