Wow! I have really began to think about what I will do when that happens. It is, of course, inevidable. As terrible as the thought of feeding one of babies to a snake, this would be a good idea. It would be super hard, but I absolutely despise the idea of the wasted life. That is probably the hardest thing about the culling for me. It is hard enough to slaughter the meat animals, but one that would not have something useful would be very hard.
Cmon, I know someone wants these
She would love either one. I giving her a barred rock, SFH, EE, and OE as well.
I promise, no axes here! I don't think I even own one!I am about 15 to 20mins off 95. I thought we were doing a parking lot drive by but my house is open if that works out better. (as long as you all promise not to be ax murders)
Man I know culling is necessary but it still makes me cry!I know I'm doing them justice but its just heartbreaking. But less heartbreaking then watching them just die.
I hate when it's my fault as well!I was banding chicks and one of the little buff Fav's started squirming like crazy an it fell out of my hand hit the table and then the floor. It seemed fine all day yesterday and last night but it was just laid peeping like in a ball. I looked it over and it looked like there was internal damage. Very dark blood/bruising in the belly area. I just couldn't take it. So I made the decision and culled it.
I know I did the right thing but man that's difficult stuff!
Here's my RIR story.
A friend was trying to talk me into getting RIR and I kept refusing. I had heard stories of the roosters being mean. Finally I gave in and got 6 juveniles. I still wasn't sold on them but figured I'd hang on to them for a while. As they grew, so did my passion for them. These are the calmest, friendliest birds. Often, I would go into the pen and they would fly up on my shoulder. I finally did some research into the line I have and found out the will be in the breeders family 100 years in 2014. I decided to get some rose comb RIR so I'd have both types so now I have two pens of RIR. I took one to a show in November and she was first place hen. Have I mentioned how much I adore my RIR?
I would take them in a heartbeat, but my incubator is full. Silkies sell for a premium here. I would list them in the for sale pages as a 1 day auction if there isn't any response on here.
