Thank you! The feed store I bought them from gets them from a breeder that I have actually met and been out to his farm. I am in SE Ga so the weather is pretty good here. We are going to put a heat lamp in the outdoor pen so that if they do get cold at night they do have a source of heat. I can't wait for them to grow up and see what they look like!
There is no such thing as 'bait & spar' in chicken fighting . Your marans will not fight/or not bred to fight in that respect (i think you are confusing the dog lingo with chicken) .
I thought they were being sold for the "Freezer" ........... maybe i mis-read it .
Honestly, putting a price on a cull cockerel of $15 is not going to get you calls for folks wanting them for the freezer. JMO, of course everyone needs to do what they're comfortable with. I do disagree, though, that "we will never stop the passing off of inferior Marans..." the answer is for those who are in the know about them to stop passing them off. The more folks who discontinue this practice, the better. Again, JMO.
you undoubtly did not read what i wrote before ..............
young well fed roosters are sold at auctions for $15 and plenty more(according to appearance and condition) for food ( there are people out there that do not eat meats from grocery stores and a rooster like this is considered the prime rib to them) .
Awe...so sorry to hear it. I have so many fox on my farm I can't range mine unless I'm there to watch them the entire time. It's pretty nerve wracking, truck be told, so I typically don't do it very often. I give them lots of dark, leafy greens in their pens to partially make up for it nutritionally, although I don't think there's a complete substitute for free range time.my BS marans hen, the only one the predators left me last summer....
