NY chicken lover!!!!

So excited! We are hatching baby emu from our very own pair. The hen we hatched a few years ago and the male we bought as a 6 month old and now they are giving us babies!!
 

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I have some extremely gorgeous silkies for sale. A splash hen and white roo bred by master breeder Kate Morrale. Also have a very rare red crele bred by Bobbi Porto. Splash is $200, white is $100, and red crele, unsure of sex, $200. Lake Pleasant, NY
 

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Morning, wanted to get some input on an overasked question I'm sure. We got a roo in our spring order of pullets. I'm going to list on FB this weekend to rehome him but what are the expectations when listing a roo? Can I ask for $ or should I just let him go? He's a green queen so beautiful with feathered feet, etc. I'm not out to make money but we've cared for him and I know pullets usually go for around 10. Why not roo's? Because they're not really wanted (hate saying that)? I'm fine with someone telling me to get over myself and just offer him for free, I honestly only wanted to see thoughts on it. I suppose it's hard to get rid of one regardless of breed! So probably better off just letting him go for nothing, correct?
 
Why not roo's? Because they're not really wanted (hate saying that)?

Basically, yeah. You only really need a rooster if you want chicks, and even then you only need one for every ten hens, but there's an equal number of roosters and hens born, so there's a huge surplus of roosters.

If I have one that I'm selling and it's not a show bird, I usually list them for $5. That way it weeds out people who will take anything for free, and $5 isn't a whole lot. You can also end up just telling the person who wants him that they don't have to pay it, if he's going to a good home.
 
Thanks, that's kinda what I thought, I really don't want him to end up as soup. :( I just don't want to get bashed on FB for asking for a small fee. Maybe I won't list a fee at all and just ask if/when someone messages me.
 

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