Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

What does everyone on here do with unwanted rooster??

I find that so long as I keep my breeds separated and pure that I can sell them or rehome them. I just sent 2 x boys across bass strait for $50 each. If you keep good quality birds you shouldn't have too much trouble re homing them. I have a lady that takes my unwanted dual purpose breeds for the pot. She and her family would prefer to eat my healthy , well cared for birds than those in the supermarket. Nothing wrong with that. Aggressive Roos get no reprieve.
We have a local chef that says that silkie meat is very ' silky ' funny that. Can't bring myself to send the little guys off and so far I haven't had to. The Asians love them!

 

[Brunsy26]

What does everyone on here do with unwanted rooster??

I'd get on craigslist and everywhere that you can to get the word out the you have one to get rid of.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I'd get on craigslist and everywhere that you can to get the word out the you have one to get rid of.

Gumtree is a good place to start . Then andy Vardy's backyard poultry.

 

[I<3MyChickens-Jewel&Flash]

I have a problem guys. Grain mites.

Bought bag of feed and it has grainmites. The bag was in my house and ive fed chick's who stay in my room and adults outside. What do i do? Help! Never had this happen before.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I have a problem guys. Grain mites.

Bought bag of feed and it has grainmites. The bag was in my house and ive fed chick's who stay in my room and adults outside. What do i do? Help! Never had this happen before.

Do you mean weavles?

 

[CrazyChookLady5]

I find that so long as I keep my breeds separated and pure that I can sell them or rehome them. I just sent 2 x boys across bass strait for $50 each. If you keep good quality birds you shouldn't have too much trouble re homing them. I have a lady that takes my unwanted dual purpose breeds for the pot. She and her family would prefer to eat my healthy , well cared for birds than those in the supermarket. Nothing wrong with that. Aggressive Roos get no reprieve.
We have a local chef that says that silkie meat is very ' silky ' funny that. Can't bring myself to send the little guys off and so far I haven't had to. The Asians love them!

so what age do you sell your roosters? when they are fully grwon or when they are still cockerels?
what about when you get a male wilkie(i think thats what you call them.?) ?

 

[Fancychooklady]

so what age do you sell your roosters? when they are fully grwon or when they are still cockerels?
what about when you get a male wilkie(i think thats what you call them.?) ?

I sell eggs( as you know ) , day old chicks , ( then the gamble on sex is not mine ) and any spare Roos I will advertise at about 5 months , once I'm absolutely sure it is in fact a roo.
My last little bearded black had me guessing right up till the time I saw the roo mounting her.
She has a swoosh back hairdo just like a roo.
I have a mixed pen where wilkies are welcome . I am lucky that on our acreage we can keep as many noisy little Roos as we like. I've only had one conflict between a gold laced Wyandotte and a buff sussex and that didn't end well.

 

[subhanalah]

Okay...what's a wilkie?

 

[702marine]

do silkies ever really "get big enough to eat"?

The French eat them. I forget the French term but it roughly translates to "black bone bird".

 

[Fancychooklady]

Okay...what's a wilkie?

It's just something I made up. A cross between a silkie and a Wyandotte .