Silkie thread!

[TheChicknGarden]

I have a question for those of you who cull out your pet quality silkies by selling them.  I put an ad on CraigsList for two of my pet quality cockerels.  I have a response, and I know someone might want to eat them, but figured what the heck.  I got the most odd response from someone I don't think speaks English.  So now I can't understand what they are really asking in an email and since I can't understand them, I don't even know if I want to sell my birds to them.  Do you all knowingly sell birds to people who are going to eat them?  I don't know what else to do with these boys if I don't, though.     Thoughts on this?  

You dont have to sale them to them...you can simply state that you want to rehome them to someone who wouldnt eat them.... In the end its up to you .... When i had to rehome my 1st 2 roos i made sure they werent going to be eatten, it didnt take too long but i did have to weed out some of the people who responded.

 

[mama2my4]

That's a really good hatch for shipped eggs. I've had two shippments that none hatched and one that only one hatched. Very cute! And now the chickie fun begins!!

Thanks. Only 4 of the dozen shipped ones hatched. The reddish one, the one with the eyebrows and the buff are homegrown.

 

[PoultryPower]

I usually know at three months if they are going to have a large crest but feel "her" crest and see if she has many pin feathers (long thin sticks that will turn into more feathers).

Thanks. As for yours it depends on breeding/genetics. How old is she? I have some with bigger crests than others, they vary. Good luck with her.

She is three months old. She does still have a lot of pin feathers but it doesn't look like enough. Here are some pictures of her. Sorry about how yellow they are.

 

[NovaAman]

Shes cute!


Ok... I have a question... IT is super hot here these days, but my I am not sure if maybe thats the problem, but I don't think it is. I have a pullet, she's just about 6.5 months. Her comb is nearly laying flat, she has a very poopy but from dark green diarhea and I pick her up to check her over, no egg problem, her crop doesn't feel squishy, no feeling of fluid build up, but I am feeling her pelvic bone pretty good.. I am thinking worms? She is the only one exuding symptoms right now. There is plenty of water about, and she is eating and drinking, and walking about... SO... Help?

 

[chisNchickens]

I have a question for those of you who cull out your pet quality silkies by selling them. I put an ad on CraigsList for two of my pet quality cockerels. I have a response, and I know someone might want to eat them, but figured what the heck. I got the most odd response from someone I don't think speaks English. So now I can't understand what they are really asking in an email and since I can't understand them, I don't even know if I want to sell my birds to them. Do you all knowingly sell birds to people who are going to eat them? I don't know what else to do with these boys if I don't, though.

Thoughts on this?

This may not be a question for me because I don't sell them, but I WILL be feeding my culls to my dogs. How can I do this? Simple. They are chickens (after all) and I feed my dogs lots of chicken. Now, why buy gross grocery store chicken when I can use my healthy culls? That would make no sense at all. Now, will I enjoy it? Not at all. I simply have no other choice because I care what my dogs eat. That is an important part of my (chihuahua) breeding program. Having a quick outlet for my culls will also give my silkie breeding program a big bonus, as I can breed more to get the best birds. Sure there will be the occasional bird I can't cull this way, but for the most part that is what will happen. I say WILL because I am new to breeding silkies - in fact I haven't any mature birds to breed yet. But that is my plan. Sorry folks if it makes you cringe, but its gotta be.
I think every breeder who has been doing it a while will sell their culls as food. You'd have to. What else is a breeder going to do with all those roos?

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

I would love to have this guy he's beautiful! I'm in Oregon tho. If you are willing to ship and still have him when the weather gets cool enough please let me know.

Where are you in OR? I'm going down to Vancouver, WA area to get some chicks soon.

Bouffant, a Catdance partridge hen, is also available for anyone....

 

[Basel]

I have a dumb question.

Do non-bearded silkies have some light short feathers under their eyes [cheeks] and under their chin, or are they mostly just black skin there?

I ask because I have a few hatchery chicks and am trying to determine if they're bearded or not. I thought they were, but one blue I'm thinking now isn't. Since they're hatchery, they aren't as good as a breeders' and less likely to be obvious I believe. They are about 6-7 weeks old now.

Thanks!

 

[vjwilmoth]

I know, I know...you can't tell silkie genders when they are young...BUT, someone mentioned the shape of the comb possibly being an indicator. So I want to throw my pics out there for speculation. They are hatchery chicks so probably not awesome but they are sweet. I don't intend to hatch any chicks from them. They are all 8 weeks old and there are five of them.

Partridge




Blue 1




Blue 2
this one didn't want to cooperate



White




Black

 

[PoultryPower]

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• vjwilmoth

Blue 1, blue 2, and black look like roosters to me. Not too sure about the others yet, but they look to me like they could be females.

 

[anbsmom]

This may not be a question for me because I don't sell them, but I WILL be feeding my culls to my dogs. How can I do this? Simple. They are chickens (after all) and I feed my dogs lots of chicken. Now, why buy gross grocery store chicken when I can use my healthy culls? That would make no sense at all. Now, will I enjoy it? Not at all. I simply have no other choice because I care what my dogs eat. That is an important part of my (chihuahua) breeding program. Having a quick outlet for my culls will also give my silkie breeding program a big bonus, as I can breed more to get the best birds. Sure there will be the occasional bird I can't cull this way, but for the most part that is what will happen. I say WILL because I am new to breeding silkies - in fact I haven't any mature birds to breed yet. But that is my plan. Sorry folks if it makes you cringe, but its gotta be.
I think every breeder who has been doing it a while will sell their culls as food. You'd have to. What else is a breeder going to do with all those roos?

At least your birds won't suffer like those poor chickens that are manufactured just for dog food or sold in grocery stores. I can't think of the last time I bought grocery store chicken.