I can't give 'em away, and I sure dont want 'em!

Can't tell you from experience but have read they have too little meat to bother and use for soup. They are flighty and nervous unless tamed early and frequently. I have a friend with several Leghorn hens (no roos allowed) that are quite friendly--one is white and the others are the brown leghorns.

 

is there anybody you don't like? random roos dumped in your yard at night is the gift that keeps on giving! (kidding )

 

May as well eat them when they crow for the first time. Leghorns do not get very big.

 

chicken stock! some of the best chicken stock in the world, bar none!!!!!

Kill 'em, skin 'em, cut 'em up, and put 'em in a big pot -- use all the bones, all the organs except the intestines. Add herbs and spices, salt to taste, and simmer gently for a day. Then cool and strain out the solids, pick through for any usable meat that you can add back to the stock.

Divide the stock into containers to freeze or can. oooooooh, you've never had anything so good!!!!

 

Wow. I just signed on to post a question about what to do with a few bantams I'm trying to relocate and no one seems to want and yours is the first post I see. Unlike you, though, I picked these hens out last year, they weren't foisted on me. One is a very NICE but feisty leghorn. The only problem is that she is LOUD when she wants to lay an egg and one of the other hens is anywhere in the vicinity. I don't want to get any of my neighbors annoyed. Guess I could make a very small batch of chicken stock with her. She has a name and jumps into my hand for treats..... This is going to be tough.

 

She sounds very sweet! A nice little hen is easier to rehome than a pen full of roosters. As long as her new home isn't in the city, most people wouldn't care if she's noisier than the average hen. I wouldn't. Have you posted your bantams on the forum or on Craigslist? Maybe you can still find her a new home. Maybe ask everyone you talk to, to ask everyone they talk to, also. Sometimes that works, when I'm looking for information on something or trying to find a home for someone.

 

I had 3 ~2 1/2 month old birds from tractor supply I needed to get rid of...2 roo's and a probable pullet....posted them for free on craigslist and freecycle and got LOTS of responses. Managed to get them picked up and gone the morning after I posted them.