buying chicks out of straight run bin

[chickened]

I think you mean the ones with the short coverts and long primaries are the hens.

riane'smimi :

Another trick is to pull the wing out and look for the ones with the longest wing feathers.the ones with the short ones leave right in the bin.​

 

[riane'smimi]

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Right

Thanks.

 

[nwfl]

Ditto on wing sexing. I started sexing my chicks that way a few years ago. Many breeds that you can't sex by color as chicks can be wing sexed. Look at pictures and youtube videos. And sometimes the primary shafts are same length but a few feathers haven't emerged. I only botched once so far this year out of 15 hatches. Can't hurt to try it if you are determined to be lured to straight runs.

 

[kelsey]

ok thanks for all the help. im going to pick them up this afternoon. will post pictures of them later on.

 

[schellie69]

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Good luck but do you have a plan if any turn out to be roosters. I am not being mean but it does happen you need to make sure that if you do end up with roosters you know what you are going to do with them before hand. Also do not get to attached to them until you are sure they are pullets. I am saying this because of all the post lately from people who got chicks from straight run bin or have hatched and have extra roosters and can't keep them and don't know what to do with them.

 

[jerseygirl1]

riane'smimi :

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Right

Thanks.​

There was a thread on here about that - it only seems to be for certain breeds

 

[cindy99]

Don't do it.

When my mom and I first started with chickens that is how we got them. 7 of the 10 were roosters. Broke our hearts to have to find homes for 5 of them. Mom took one and I took one and then we ordered Buff Orpington GIRLS and we got all girls.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Those who fall prey to the straight run bin's lower price seem destined to re-post here in 2 months, asking,
"How do I "re-home" a rooster."

For those in a no rooster area, for those who do not want roosters, for those who only want hens, again, skip the 50 cent savings and go to the pullet bin. You still may get one, but you lower your odds greatly.

 

[kelsey]

im not worried about finding a home my dad lives on a farm, and has plenty of room but me and my boyfriend are trying to start rasing our own and only want one rooster so we can tell pretty much what breed the chicks are if we decide to hatch them. we have buff orpingtons and are going to keep only one or two buff orpington roosters. i like having different breeds because i think it makes the flock look better so i am going to get chickens that lay white eggs or bantams, so i can control better which eggs hatch and which dont. if that makes any sense.

 

[aidensmomma]

so true about getting attached...my husband bought 6 out of the straight run bin and only 2 are roosters. I didn't plan on keeping them but I know it's going to be hard because they were the ones that attached to me first! I had no idea a rooster could snuggle... the good thing is I have a friend who will take them and they will be well loved and cared for.