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I have more roosters than I need too. I have Welsummer and Rhodebar cockerels, varying ages, but most are 1 to 4 weeks, free to a good home. Oh, I also have some cute little cochin bantam roos too. They are free ranging, but easy to catch, assorted colors, also free.
 
Does anyone have any female silkies? I have 3 males and I have to find two of them new homes and I don't want the pre-exsisting Roo to get depressed and lonely, they are in a coop by themselves because they're my babies. I'm near Lancaster, York, Shrewsbury, Dover, ect! Willing to drive up to an hour and a half away! Also, if anyone is interested in a white bearded silkie rooster or a partridge not-bearded silkie rooster, I've got you. I'm so sad that they turned out to all be male! I thought for sure the littlest one was a lady but nope, of course not, I found him on top of the coop crowing about a week ago. Which totally startled me and is a hilarious noise, haha. I really hope someone can help me out or lead me in the right direction! Thanks guys!
 
ashleymeowkay said:
Does anyone have any female silkies? I have 3 males and I have to find two of them new homes and I don't want the pre-exsisting Roo to get depressed and lonely, they are in a coop by themselves because they're my babies. I'm near Lancaster, York, Shrewsbury, Dover, ect! Willing to drive up to an hour and a half away! Also, if anyone is interested in a white bearded silkie rooster or a partridge not-bearded silkie rooster, I've got you. I'm so sad that they turned out to all be male! I thought for sure the littlest one was a lady but nope, of course not, I found him on top of the coop crowing about a week ago. Which totally startled me and is a hilarious noise, haha. I really hope someone can help me out or lead me in the right direction! Thanks guys!
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You're right in that chickens really do need other chickens around. If you are permitted to have roosters, I think those 3 will live together without much issues since they grew up together, and especially since there are no hens with them.

If you do decide you only want 1 roo, any hen would do, unless you are trying to bred purebred silkies.. Even larger hens are ok in my experience.
 
wingstone said:
Time consuming and tiresome would be more like it.
First let me say that you have to take a class yearly and be licensed to grow before you can even get a contract to grow it..
Tobacco growers are regulated by government now.. contracts are drawn up in January for the following spring planting..

We plant on memorial weekend, it is a 3 person job..not much big equipment out there for tobacco, it is mostly hand work, we do have a sprayer that is used to control the leaf hoppers but weeds are done by hand,,,, then in august after the plants all flower we go threw and break off all flower tops, 2 weeks later we start cutting, it gets hung up to dry till about thanksgiving
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figures that the government would have control over it, more taxes for their pockets
 
mimischicksnat said:
This is my niece and her family. Not too far from where I have to move on to 2 acres with my 40 chickens...

http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/6657491-74/chicken-chickens-creek#axzz3BzroBgeU


Someone complained about chickens in a RURAL, FARMING community...

STAY IN THE CITY IF YOU DON'T LIKE THIS WAY OF LIVING!!!!


ETA: I don't think it was them that the complaint was against, but still.....
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i read this tonight, doesn't it just frost you when city people move out to the country and want to bring the city with them?
 
dheltzel said:
You're right in that chickens really do need other chickens around. If you are permitted to have roosters, I think those 3 will live together without much issues since they grew up together, and especially since there are no hens with them.

If you do decide you only want 1 roo, any hen would do, unless you are trying to bred purebred silkies.. Even larger hens are ok in my experience.
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I thought they would be fine too! I have been reading up on it gathering as much information as I can. The only thing that scares me if the biggest roo does pick on the smaller ones they're starting to noticeably have plucked or broken off feathers. I wonder if I just found a home for the white roo if the other two could work it out for now.
 
troyer said:
Anybody on this thread want this 8 month old rooster? I want $20 for him his temperament is very friendly and docile toward humans. He is getting along with a dozen other roosters and does not chase them excessively, he does want his space though. He is second in command in the free ranging flock. He is a Cubalaya bantam project cockerel that is a bit too big, tail is pinched and has white in the tail. Don't be afraid to pm me and talk about him.







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SOLD!
 
ashleymeowkay said:
I thought they would be fine too! I have been reading up on it gathering as much information as I can. The only thing that scares me if the biggest roo does pick on the smaller ones they're starting to noticeably have plucked or broken off feathers. I wonder if I just found a home for the white roo if the other two could work it out for now.
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Any chickens that can reach each other with have some plucked and broken feathers. Roos are especially likely to do this as they are trying to mate (even with the other roos). You could get rid of the aggressor, though it is likely the 2nd in line would be come the aggressor and having only 1 to pick on might make things worse, but it's hard to say for certain, it's an individual thing. I have 2 Ameracauna roos that coexist fine with 5 hens. Ams are (in my experience) the most aggressive toward other roos of all the breeds I have, yet this one blue roo has done fine with 2 different roos. He stays out of their way and seems to be submissive.

So, your experience can vary from the norm quite a lot.
 

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