Hi from WA state!

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Thank you for watching over the chickens that showed up. I hope you're enjoying them!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
You can keep mom and one or two of her daughters then sell the rest. The next time mom goes broody either graft day old sexed chicks to her or give her fertile eggs of the breed you want for production.

 

[toad37]

Hi Toad. Welcome to BYC. Many fowl folks use their birds for dual purpose, eggs and meat. It’s a personal choice. But beware. They can be pretty lovable. I started out with dual purpose and now just allow them to retire here.

Thanks, Valerie! That is why I asked. Although I am a carnivore, I imagine it would be tough to eat a bird that has provided love and eggs! Ugh!

 

[Hinotori]

Welcome!

I would get a bag of all purpose or chick crumbles and try to entice the hen into a shelter. Keep putting out food and slowly move it closer to a coop or something.

If you get a dual purpose breed with the thought of eating some, know that you'll have to do the killing yourself. There really isn't any place that takes them for processing.

Home raised chicken is tougher and has a stronger flavor than store birds. I personally dont care for the mush texture of store chicken. Store birds are 8-10 week old chicks. Dual purpose need about 18 weeks or more to have enough meat to be worthwhile. I prefer around 24 on cockerels.

Any chicken is a meat bird if you're hungry or it's an annoying or aggressive rooster. Some just have more meat than others. Some people find the black color of the meat off putting in silkies, ayam cemani, or svarthona.

I eat my excess silkie cockerels even though they are small. They work great in soup.

 

[toad37]

Welcome!

I would get a bag of all purpose or chick crumbles and try to entice the hen into a shelter. Keep putting out food and slowly move it closer to a coop or something.

If you get a dual purpose breed with the thought of eating some, know that you'll have to do the killing yourself. There really isn't any place that takes them for processing.

Home raised chicken is tougher and has a stronger flavor than store birds. I personally dont care for the mush texture of store chicken. Store birds are 8-10 week old chicks. Dual purpose need about 18 weeks or more to have enough meat to be worthwhile. I prefer around 24 on cockerels.

Any chicken is a meat bird if you're hungry or it's an annoying or aggressive rooster. Some just have more meat than others. Some people find the black color of the meat off putting in silkies, ayam cemani, or svarthona.

I eat my excess silkie cockerels even though they are small. They work great in soup.

Excellent and thank-you so much! (you are making me hungry! )
I'll will refer to this as I definitely wouldn't mind the meat, that is for sure.

I better get busy while I still have daylight

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens!

Feel free to drop in and share your flock

Updates for 2020 with us here in my 2020 flock life thread



https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/2020-flock-life.1351080/

It’s nice to meet you!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! We're so glad you joined us! Take a few minutes and browse through the forums. You can find lots of great articles and threads on just about anything you could think of! And have fun with your new chickens!!

 

[drumstick diva]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens, the pulse beat of the chicken community.

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

So glad you decided to join our community!