Sunny Side Up--Thank you so much for the support, it really means a lot. I am very new with this whole chicken thing so like you said its a bit difficult but it is a learning experience. Gotta take the bad with the good.
Sunny Side up--you are right. I guess I just figured if it turned out to be a pullet it could stay.
We had 4 EE chicks that all hatched together and just recently were able to tell that 2 were pullets and 2 roos. We already have a home for the other roo--this one could go to that same home too...
Thanks guys. He's still pretty small but the same size and weight as is brother who has a normal beak. He's probably a mutt so I have a feeling he will take longer because looking at him now he wouldnt be worthwhile to prepare.
I just feel horrible giving him away and risking that he'll...
I have a 9wk old "defective" roo that I will need to cull. He has a severe cross beak but is thriving with special feeding/watering arrangements. I live in a city where I am prohibited from keeping roosters (and not to mention I wouldnt want him passing that trait on) so my only real option is...