For me things have been picking up the last 2 months because of fairs. The people that wnated to buy silkies and stick them in the fair against the kids who bought silkies from me back in April, I wouldn't sell to them. I will sell now but they are not interested now that fair is over.
I have people coming from IL and IN to buy what I am sorting out that I have to sell this coming week. I can tell you for sure that my silkies do not all fit into the main barn without being going outside.
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan
From: Laura A. Roberts <laura0554@hughes.net>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 8:40 AM
Subject: RE: [CHICKENS-101] Black Silkies
Thanks, Cathryn, but I'll have to pass. I still have young Silkies that I need to sell or make a new coop for. Also Moderns and OEGs……….it is just so hard to decide which to keep and which to sell!
Poultry sales have really fallen and I have no doubt it is the heat, along with summer vacations. This happened last year and I have figured out that the best time for sales is from March until June………then everything tapers off. Next year, I will gear my Guinea sales and chick sales to those months and then just use Craig's List for any others left to sell. I've had real good luck at the chicken swaps, but it has been too hot to go and I missed the July swap and will probably skip the August swap if the temp is still so hot.
I just started letting our 25 red stars free range. They were hatched in April and they know where to roost at night and put themselves to bed, waiting for us to close their door. I am not crazy about their temperaments, but they probably have better survival skills than the sweeter chickens. I plan to sell some and keep some.
Laura
Laura Roberts
R Half Pint Farm
Spotsylvania, VA
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