Best time to sell a rooster is when he starts crowing right?

[floridachickhatcher]

I have 5 chicks in the brooder outside and they are 1 month old and i know for a fact 2 of them are BR roosters cause i can see all the white on them and the bright red combs and i can see the bumps on their legs where the spurs will grow and i figure no one will want to buy them until they are at the crowing age

 

[galanie]

If they want a rooster to keep, they'll want them big enough that they can really see what they're going to look like. Otherwise, they need to be big enough for a good meal.

 

[fishin-nole]

I had no luck trying to sell mine and even offered to help dress them. I put mine in the freezer and will smoke 2 this weekend.

 

[floridachickhatcher]

well i would like to get rid of them early as possible so i dont end up feeding them for a year my mom figures at 6months i can get rid of them

 

[7L Farm]

I sold 14 cockerels for $ 5.00 a piece. I couldn't believe it they were almost 3 months old.

 

[floridachickhatcher]

Yeah i told my mom she should have started the chickens off at $5 for the 10 BA and 3 roos we had instead she sold them at $2.50 a piece and only made $32 dollars she wanted to get rid of them so badly that in the end i think she suffered for it cause they were non laying and she didnt want to feed them anymore and the roos she wanted them gone

 

[Mama_hen]

Not sure when to sell roos,,,, I still have my seven and can't even give them away. I can't bring myself to cull them, they're only 35 weeks tomorrow. I am finding out that roos don't sell to well nor giving them isn't working either. Mine start to crow around 430 am, when a storm comes through during the night, they'll crow off and on throughout the night. I hope that you have better luck in giving or selling your roos.

 

[floridachickhatcher]

thats why my mom wanted to get rid of our roos that we had they would crow at 1 or 4am and it was ticking us off

Edit: The only roos im not getting rid of are my BO roos cause i ordered 3 of them from meyer and they are coming here July 12-14 i told my mom when the hens stop laying in the molt shes not getting rid of them ^_^ I want to keep my golden beauty's

 

[kemclaughlin]

I offered mine free on craigslist with a free pullet included. I really needed to find him a home because I can't have him and he was crowing at 4am. I got a call within a few hours from someone who really, really wants him.

 

[hannakat]

I have yet to sell a roo. Can't find anyone who wants them so my DH ends up taking 'care' of it

At least they had a really good life while they were here...free range, extra treats, cool accomidations. And DH makes sure the end is not traumatic (if that's really possible).