I won't be joining in on the New Years hatch-a-long one this year, but I do currently have 18 fertile Bielefelder (chicken) egg's from my flock sitting on the counter if anyone in Arizona would like to join it but need's some egg's.
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And you know that is the reason why I'm going with just this breed now. I thought that I would give the AZ. people a chance to get some of these for that New Year's hatch-a-long in case they wanted to join but they didn't have any fertile egg's to do so. I'll be washing them and putting them in my fridge Saturday night if nobody want's them. I already have 6 dozen of those egg's in the fridge, so I'll have to cook some more up again to mix into the wet feed for the chicken's. That helps to give them extra protein for the colder weather.Bielefelder eggs would be a GREAT start of a flock for someone who wants to hatch - You can tell male from female right after hatch!
I’m curious about what you find advantageous in that? Unless a person is going to cull day old chicks? How would you even do that? Break their little necks? Or toss them in a bucket of water?Bielefelder eggs would be a GREAT start of a flock for someone who wants to hatch - You can tell male from female right after hatch!
In my case, I can only keep hens, and NO ROOSTERS in my area. This way I can purchase day old chicks, and not worry about a SURPRISE ROOSTER. . Rehoming the roosters can be a challenge for many chicken keepers.I’m curious about what you find advantageous in that?
I understand that, my question is really around what people do with a newly hatched cockerel if they’re in your situation and hatch one.In my case, I can only keep hens, and NO ROOSTERS in my area. This way I can purchase day old chicks, and not worry about a SURPRISE ROOSTER. . Rehoming the roosters can be a challenge for many chicken keepers.
There are other individuals that do not mind keeping/raising roosters for table consumption.
If I would live out in the country, with 5 acres of land, I most certainly would hatch chickens and eat the roosters.
I guessed that hopefully they'd pen them separately for grow-out until they reached a good size for processing. I don't know about many of the autosexing breeds, but I do know that as the young birds go through their molts, they're not always autosexing, so if that applies to bielefelders, separate pens would be an advantage--they could sell the extra females without accidentally selling a cockerel as a pullet.I understand that, my question is really around what people do with a newly hatched cockerel if they’re in your situation and hatch one.
No, as they go through those molt's, you can still see the difference between the males and females. The reason why I said that you can separate the sexes right after hatch may have different purposes for different people.I guessed that hopefully they'd pen them separately for grow-out until they reached a good size for processing. I don't know about many of the autosexing breeds, but I do know that as the young birds go through their molts, they're not always autosexing, so if that applies to bielefelders, separate pens would be an advantage--they could sell the extra females without accidentally selling a cockerel as a pullet.
I realize not everybody has the same goals or circumstances but I can have cockerals where I am.I’m curious about what you find advantageous in that? Unless a person is going to cull day old chicks? How would you even do that? Break their little necks? Or toss them in a bucket of water?