My place doesn't have a poultry ordinance unless in town. Where I keep my birds, I can own as many as I want. It's considered agricultural/country, or farmland.
I understand your location is different though.
26 weeks, one more week he'll be 6 months old. He's $30 - $35.
Yes, you could. The Malays are just not laying yet. One extra cockerel needs a new home, just to let you know.
Malays are poor layers, but high Production layers usually die sooner, so I usually go with the birds that are not bred for high Production status.
35 laying hens produce enough to...
Malays are very expensive due to their rarity, & the fact they're critically Endangered.
I almost spent $200 on 12 hatching eggs.
For chicks, the average price range is from $30 - $35 a chick.
Up, yep, I've seen you're chick once. Does look like it maybe a cockerel.
Malays, seem to be not much different then a regular chicken, from what I have observed.
Things that stand out, about them:
If they feel threatened, they will defend themselves, & the flock. They're not aggressive towards humans, or other birds. (Like all chickens, a bad cockerel will pop up)...
I have at least a small margin of error like most sexing methods. Normally 1-3 wrong is what happens for me occasionally.
I sexed all correctly once. Out of some meat birds I hatched, there were a total of 10. There was 4 boys, & 6 girls in the bunch.
First is a rooster, the second is a hen.
Thanks, they are beautiful.
That was pure luck, that method is an old wives tale. If you want, next spring I can teach you my method of wing feather bud sexing? I use the method for sexing pretty much any breed, or mix.