How do you get rid of unwanted male chicks

[CHlCKEN]

I am in North Georgia on the South Carolina line..

That’s very close to me. Unfortunately I have no room for a rooster right now.

 

[turkey girl 0964]

We butcher them like our meat birds and they go in the Crockpot.

 

[jher77]

I am east of Knoxville so that is fairly close. I figured you would be on the other side of the country.

 

[Kikkup1]

I’ve had a rooster on layer feed. Even ducks. All fine.

So did I,But right after they put not to feed to male birds mine died, When I ask the company about it they said that you were never supposed to feed it to them, Producers Prode said the same thing,You are supposed to use All flock ... They said it is the extra calcium in it.. So now I feed any of my flock that has roosters All flock and the hen's without roosters layer feed because it is cheaper..

 

[Kikkup1]

Layer pellets shouldn’t kill a bird.

Go to their website, I agree.. I had never heard such nonsense, and they acted like I was crazy for not knowing that later pellets were for Laying hens only...

 

[Kikkup1]

Go to their website, I agree.. I had never heard such nonsense, and they acted like I was crazy for not knowing that later pellets were for Laying hens only...

I even sent them a picture of the old bags without a warning... They said it always was for layers only... But I never had problems till after they changed there bags... My buff orphinton Rooster weighed close to 12 lbs,He was perfectly healthy, And when my vet did an autopsy on him she said it was liver damage.. Which was probably caused by the extra calcium in the layer pellets.. But my attorney said because of the word layer,And the warning on the newer bags that said DO NOT FEED TO MALE BIRDS that there was no recourse..

 

[spartacus_63]

Any that are nor fit for the stock pot are made into dog food.

 

[Kikkup1]

I even sent them a picture of the old bags without a warning... They said it always was for layers only... But I never had problems till after they changed there bags... My buff orphinton Rooster weighed close to 12 lbs,He was perfectly healthy, And when my vet did an autopsy on him she said it was liver damage.. Which was probably caused by the extra calcium in the layer pellets.. But my attorney said because of the word layer,And the warning on the newer bags that said DO NOT FEED TO MALE BIRDS that there was no recourse..

New bag and old bag

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Layer pellets shouldn’t kill a bird.

They can. They don’t always. But it’s a possibility. It usually happens after long term feeding. However, as I said, it’s not guaranteed to kill them. But there’s a risk.

 

[CHlCKEN]

They can. They don’t always. But it’s a possibility. It usually happens after long term feeding. However, as I said, it’s not guaranteed to kill them. But there’s a risk.

It really depends on the exact feed