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Youch. I dont envy you...I won't eat any of my babies, either...I have 3 babies from one mama that are 7 weeks old and I think 2 out of the 3 are roosters...I also have horses and my hay people said they would trade me hay for all the roosters I could give them and they would raise them up and eat them since I didnt have the heart to. Well, I'm pretty much thinking I will keep them alllll and I just wont encourage my hens to have any more babies because I make pets out of everything. I have a flock of 20 as it is and 2 of those are 4 week old golden sex link pullets that are 4 weeks old tomorrow....they hang out in the chicken coop all day with the others (amazingly nobody picks on them) and when the sun starts to set and the rest of the flock is lining up at the coop door they climb onto their little box that I transport them to and from the coop everyday and start cheeping and screaming for me to come get them. Last night I was going to put them (in their little box with the grate on the top) in the coop with the 'real chickens' to sleep...they gotta do it sooner or later! Ummmm, no dice. They started jumping out and climbing to my shoulders making their little pssss psssss sounds to me and I came carrying them to the house...I have a feeling they'll be sleeping in here again tonight. If theyre kind of excited I bring out their little brooder light and hang it over their box until they start making their quiet night time sounds then I turn it off when I go to bed or when they settle down, whichever comes first. Some nights I have to bring out the light and other nights I dont. Thank god my husband works out of town...he thinks they sleep in the garage every night. LOL
Long story short...I absolutely understand your nervousness about finding them a home instead of a table...I would suggest you ask money for them...anythng free could end up as dinner. :\\ Good luck!
