AutumnAcres_5
In the Brooder
- May 30, 2023
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I have referred to this site many times over the years, finally a member. Yay!!!
After taking a break from having a small flock of backyard hens we decided this was the year to start up again. My sister and her girls wanted to raise the chicks and then we would take over once they were grown enough to be outside in our coop. She bought 7 baby chicks from a local guy on Fb marketplace. They were from an ISA Brown hen and RIR rooster. We thought we were going to be able to choose but he just gave her a pre-selected box of chicks. I wasn’t around them as babies much but now that we have had them for the past week or so I am convinced we have all cockerals or at least 6 of them! We cant have roosters in our neighborhood and have never had this happen before, but also have only bought from farm stores or full size hens.
Do I have all roos? Please, say it ain’t so.
. They are roughly 7-8wks old. Any advice on what to do with young roosters?
After taking a break from having a small flock of backyard hens we decided this was the year to start up again. My sister and her girls wanted to raise the chicks and then we would take over once they were grown enough to be outside in our coop. She bought 7 baby chicks from a local guy on Fb marketplace. They were from an ISA Brown hen and RIR rooster. We thought we were going to be able to choose but he just gave her a pre-selected box of chicks. I wasn’t around them as babies much but now that we have had them for the past week or so I am convinced we have all cockerals or at least 6 of them! We cant have roosters in our neighborhood and have never had this happen before, but also have only bought from farm stores or full size hens.
Do I have all roos? Please, say it ain’t so.
. They are roughly 7-8wks old. Any advice on what to do with young roosters?
Good luck with your plans for them.
