- Aug 29, 2008
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So my boss's father just made a huge chick purchase and decided to build a coop in her (my bosses) backyard. She is not real happy about it, but seeing her father owns the property, i guess he can do what he wants. There are about 80 chicks, 3 different breeds that i could see and they range from 2-3 months old at this time.
I would like to rescue a few of these chickens from thier doom, as dad plans to eat them and apparently the white ones are a Chinese medicinal.
Can you guys tell me if the white ones are silkies? They call them black boned chickens, but they look like silkies to me.
Is there a way that I can tell the difference between sexes at this age? I am not zoned for chickens, so Roo's are out of the question here.
i would like to go *kidnap* a few while they are still young, but don't want to wind up with cocka doodles.
There is also another breed...the foofy hairdoo guys...this one in the pic just came right up to me and was so funny! Any clue? Some sort of Bantam??
JFTR...I have a small flock, 2 black sexlinks, 2 RIR's and one tiny runt of the litter Barred Rock. They are my sweet sweet girls!!!
Thanks so much...
I would like to rescue a few of these chickens from thier doom, as dad plans to eat them and apparently the white ones are a Chinese medicinal.
Can you guys tell me if the white ones are silkies? They call them black boned chickens, but they look like silkies to me.
Is there a way that I can tell the difference between sexes at this age? I am not zoned for chickens, so Roo's are out of the question here.
i would like to go *kidnap* a few while they are still young, but don't want to wind up with cocka doodles.
There is also another breed...the foofy hairdoo guys...this one in the pic just came right up to me and was so funny! Any clue? Some sort of Bantam??
JFTR...I have a small flock, 2 black sexlinks, 2 RIR's and one tiny runt of the litter Barred Rock. They are my sweet sweet girls!!!
Thanks so much...

