Rooster's....

[Barnyard]

Why is it so hard to get rid of extra roo's. I have at least 8 BR's and that many EE's that I need to rehome, but I am beginning to think that it is impossible. Anybody got any suggestions other than to cull? Culling is a option, not by me of course because I am a wimp, but by dh. That is gonna be a last resort though. HELP....

edited to say: If this is in the wrong place, mods please move it, thanks.

 

[ticks]

did you put an ad in the local news paper? that seems to work well

 

[MissPrissy]

I do NOT have another suggestion for extra roos.

If they are young you have a lot of sunday dinners featuring fried chicken. Let them go about 10 - 12 weeks. There won't be nearly as much meat on them as a commercial chicken but they will taste delicious. Dispatch them and leave them in the fridge 24 - 48 hours before preparing to eat.

 

[hinkjc]

Did you put a sign at the feed store, freecycle, craigslist? Those are usually good places to find folks looking for roos - either for pets or dinner.

Jody

 

[Barnyard]

Thanks everybody. I haven't done any of the things said here to do, but I am going to asap. There is a poultry auction about 1hr from where I live that I have thought about trying. I just don't know the least little bit about auctions. We don't have a craigslist in my home town. The closest is in Savannah Ga about 6hours from me. There is a freecycle about 1hr from me, so I can try that.

MissPrissy: they are young only 5 weeks old.I need to put them on broiler ration right?

 

[starkbeauty]

You shouldn't have any problems after all that, I myself take in extra roos all the time, I LOVE them and they enjoy my 5 acres, (GREAT clean up crew ) !!!

 

[MissPrissy]

If you want to feed them out for your table broiler feed will do fine for them from now on. They will only need another 6 weeks to start finishing off. If you see they are getting a good size no need to carry them further.

 

[Barnyard]

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Thankyou!

 

[CarolinaGirl]

Where are you in GA? I'm actually in search of an EE Roo and fairly close to North East GA.

 

[Barnyard]

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I am in Southwest Ga. About 45 minuts from Albany, Ga. I have several EE roos that you can choose from.