Bantam Maturity Question

[ChickenChick46]

Earmark, highlight, notes in the margins . . . I get it, my son (23) rolls his eyes and says you can do that all on the computer, lol.

Lol yes! My kids are the same way and just don't get it.

 

[Slothinc]

@Slothinc already had the info downloaded, lol.

I have learned a bit about it, because I would love to do autosexing chicks in the future… but I just would not know what to do with the males!! That is the only downside of hatching chicks that are sexable at hatch!

 

[redinator]

I have learned a bit about it, because I would love to do autosexing chicks in the future… but I just would not know what to do with the males!! That is the only downside of hatching chicks that are sexable at hatch!

I could see that being a problem. At least if you're not sure at hatch you treat them all the same and the A-holes will show themselves soon enough.

I have eggs in the incubator and I'm debating on whether or not to keep my barnyard mix males, or replace them with an Ayam Cemani from the hatch. One of my boys is on thin ice, the other isn't a cuddler, but hasn't caused any trouble and is good to his girls.

 

[NatJ]

I have learned a bit about it, because I would love to do autosexing chicks in the future… but I just would not know what to do with the males!! That is the only downside of hatching chicks that are sexable at hatch!

Make friends with a snake-keeper?
Talk to a zoo or someone who does wildlife rehab?
Use them for pet food?

(Yes, all of those are based on the idea of humanely dispatching the fluffy little male chicks, then using the bodies instead of wasting them: similar to the idea of raising the males to eat, but much earlier, and they get eaten by something that does not mind how small they are.)

 

[redinator]

Make friends with a snake-keeper?
Talk to a zoo or someone who does wildlife rehab?
Use them for pet food?

(Yes, all of those are based on the idea of humanely dispatching the fluffy little male chicks, then using the bodies instead of wasting them: similar to the idea of raising the males to eat, but much earlier, and they get eaten by something that does not mind how small they are.)

Ummm . . . . that's how I ended up with the batch of new chicks. My friend was at TSC getting feed for his goats while I was on the phone. He mentioned he was picking up bantams to feed his snake since they were $1 each . . . and well . . . now I have 26 chicks, lol.

 

[redinator]

Ummm . . . . that's how I ended up with the batch of new chicks. My friend was at TSC getting feed for his goats while I was on the phone. He mentioned he was picking up bantams to feed his snake since they were $1 each . . . and well . . . now I have 26 chicks, lol.

He also ended up releasing the snake, lol.

 

[Folly's place]

Hope it wasn't an exotic...
Mary

 

[redinator]

Hope it wasn't an exotic...
Mary

I doubt it. His boys caught it in their yard. I'm not a fan, so I didn't get details.

 

[redinator]

. . . Just realizing this is not one of my threads . . . sorry for hijacking it.

I'll be going now>>>

 

[Folly's place]

@redinator , don't leave! This has been a good conversation, and all those cute bantams! Pictures!
Mary