Buying Straight Run Code for Cockerels?

YellowRoseFarm

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Hi all, just a random question here. The chicks in my local farm stores (TSC and Atwoods) are all from either Ideal Poultry or Hoover's. I see many breeds that are sold as sexed pullets and then there are those straight run bins. Am I just not "in the know" and is straight run really code for a bin full o' dudes? I recently bought the most adorable little lavender orpington chicks from the straight run bin and I'm hoping for at least ONE pullet out of the 4 I have. TIA!
 
Well, here's hoping St. Brigid is on my side this time. I know straight run means unsexed, but I wondered if there was a reason they went through all the trouble to sex some breeds and not others before shipping them off to the feed store. Thanks!
 
Well, unofficially, I've got a feeling that I've got 50/50 only because 2 have barely any wing feathers and 2 have a lot. We'll see. I've been wrong before! Regardless, I'm keeping the one that I picked that had fallen asleep on the food in the bin. This bird gets me.
 
Well, here's hoping St. Brigid is on my side this time. I know straight run means unsexed, but I wondered if there was a reason they went through all the trouble to sex some breeds and not others before shipping them off to the feed store. Thanks!
Just depends on what the store orders
 

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