Would there be a market for large dark skinned meat birds ?

[big medicine]

I have noticed at some swaps folks going around buying up silkies to process. Do certain ethnic markets have a preference specifically for silkies, or would a dark skinned meat type draw interest as well. The reason I ask is I got a first look at some young birds in a way side project I'm involved with. Some of them took a suprisingly dark turn, blue to black legs and faces. These are dark feathered, clean legged, stout, meat type birds. Any body have any experience in this area ?

 

[atimme]

i sold some extra cockerels at a market and they were all purchased by Asian people. We live in Chicago about three blocks from Chinatown, but if you have a large Vietnamese or Korean population nearby then yes, there's a market. A lot of my Korean friends from school say they are a delicacy.

 

[blackdotte]

In Asian there are breeds of black skinned/fleshed meat birds. have a Google for the Vietnamese breed - Ac or Ga Ac.

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

Yes there would be - if you have a large community fo native Asians - they would sell. Here at a local flea market - there are alot of Korean families who shop here as well as Hispanics, the Hispanics tend to buy up roosters and the Koreans/other Asian families tend to get ducks and silkies for meat.

Dark skinned birds are a reknowned delicacy to many Asiatic people.