Debating craigslist roos and etiquette

[thebulg]

Thank you all! I found the thread from booker81 and i thought her making her own post was a good idea too. So i posted and i think every few days we will respond to ads as well. And i will say, if we had desperately needed to get rid of a roo and couldnt bring ourselves to cull, i wouldnt charge for it either. I would just be grateful the issue was solved.

You all are spot on. We should request to go to the site to pick up the roos so we can see, and asking about health is a good plan whether we intend to process or not.

Let's hope everyone on craigslist is as reasonable as you all.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

We talked about this as well. What if they eat treated grass or have been vaccinated or on antibiotics? That's certainly worth knowing, because our guy and gals are raised pretty naturally. I think over time we are going to have to set some standards of sorts with ourselves and judge living conditions a little. The really sad reality is that even a rooster from what we would consider bad backyard conditions probably is twice as healthy as any factory bird. Which blows my mind.i dont think we would eat a rooster coming from filthy backyard conditions and it makes me feel a little strange about what i've been eating all these years.

Then the flock of birds I watched in the barnyard of a Mennonite harness maker could not be counted among the ranks of the happy, healthy, and contented chickens.

One of the harness maker's other customers had his horse & buggy tied to a hitching post beside the barnyard gate and the cock-of-the-walk with all his lady friends were gathered in the shade of the horse's hindquarters enjoying what to chickens is the breakfast of champions. I'm talking about all natural dark green horse nuggets.

Are you suggesting that you would not eat a chicken or even a chicken's egg produced by a hen eating all natural, smoking fresh, dark green horse nuggets? It kind of makes me wonder about what else is in Dr. Zeus's green eggs and ham.

 

[thebulg]

Those chickens sound like they have it made!!! They certainky sound healthy hapoy and content. And full!

I dont think i would have any issue with the chickens eating horse poop haha! That's manure! Our chickens scratch through our compost, and their own droppings are in that pile. No, the conditions i would be scared about are people who have garbage everywhere, overcrowding, lethargic, dirty birds. Places with lots of shade and no sun and swampy, muddy yards. I dont even think i am totally opposed to vaccinations. We dont use them, but again, what is happening in a backyard flock is NOTHING compared to a factory. I'm definitely not an all or nothing kind of gal. I believe in gray area. But not in mud areas.

AND NOT IN CHICKEN INSTRAGRAM ACCOUNTS!!! Ha!

 

[donrae]

ot.

Let's hope everyone on craigslist is as reasonable as you all.