Do any of the hatcheries....

[yotetrapper]

sell bantam pullets? All the ones I've looked at only sell them in straight run. If one buys straight run banties, what do you do with all the roos? Eat em? I'm wanting to buy 6 gold lace cochin and 6 quail antwerp Belgian banties as well as a dozen standard sized layers but ideally wanted only 2 banty roos. Any ideas where I could buy what im looking for?

 

[herechickchick]

I think my pet chicken sexes bantams but I am not sure. Most hatcheries do not sex bantams.

 

[yotetrapper]

Thanks, I had never heard of them, but I just checked, and they dont have the breeds I wanted. So if none of them sex banties, what DO you all do with your extra roos?

 

[Littlecimarron18]

sell em

 

[Catalina]

I bought 2 female banty chicks from mypetchicken.com and they both turned out to be girls, but some people havn't had as much luck.

They received roosters when they asked for hens.

edited: Sorry typing when you posted

 

[Buster]

I did read on My Pet Chicken that they sex bantys, but that doesn't help if they don't have the ones you want. Speaking of My Pet Chicken, does anyone have info on quality of chicks, chickens or service from them?

 

[silkiechicken]

I hear MPC has great customer service, but as with all hatcheries, have hatchery type stock.

 

[Buster]

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What does that mean?

 

[Picco]

MPC is so rediculously priced, I wonder if you asked a hatchery to sex bantams for a fee if they would do it. Its worth asking. If not you could still buy several straight run bantams from a larger hatchery and end up with a few pullets, sell the roos and still come out with more money than if you went with MPC for a couple pullets.

I don't want to bash the place too much, it seems like a great option for smaller scale chicken enthusiast, its just not for me.

 

[arwmommy]

We LOVE MPC, but you have to realize that it caters to those of us that really want JUST A FEW CHICKENS, couldn't possibly even figure out how to cull an unwanted roo or have the stomach to do that, and view these chickens as pets. (I spent $1000 on a purebred dog, I certainly don't care about spending $10 a chick if it is the right sex and breed, so I can order only 4 or 5 instead of 25!)

If you are a chicken rancher, or have a huge flock, MPC really doesn't make sense for you, but for us urban backyard chicken keepers, it is the ONLY one that often works.

(That all being said, I just ordered 25 straight run banties, as we have figured out the home situation for some of the boys and extra girls, and are resigned to having to have our vet humanely euthanize the other boys that we can't find homes for. I just want some breeds that MPC doesn't carry, but you can rest assured that if they did carry them, I would order ONLY from MPC)