The problem is more than just a $3.50 chick that turns out to be a roo...especially if you end up with a couple or even more. now that i live in town i am limited not only to hens but also not too many chickens. So if you only order a few for a backyard flock and 1 or 2 end up being roos, you...
I was 99% sure he was a cockerel at about age 5-6 wks. Huge very red wattle and comb. Way he looked. The crowing cinched it for me. Interesting about crowing hens. Ive raised hundreds and hundreds of chickens...never had one crow.
They are terrible. Prices exorbitant. They broker meyer hatchery chicks. All my chicks were fine but i paid mpc $40 for a lavender orpington and meyer charges $25. 3-4 chick minimum either way depending on where you live. I have heard tho that meyer does not have a very good record at...