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How many roosters from hatcheries?

Discussion in 'Chicken Breeders & Hatcheries' started by Summer98, Oct 1, 2011.

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  1. Oct 1, 2011 #1
    Summer98

    Summer98 Chillin' With My Peeps

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    When ordering day old chicks from a hatchery, I see you have the option of ordering sexed chicks, but they only guarantee 90% success rate in sexing them. I'm just wondering from people's experiences, how many roosters do you typically end up with? I think I am going to order 25 female day old chicks. So what can I expect?
     
  3. Oct 1, 2011 #2
    cpegram

    cpegram Chillin' With My Peeps

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    when I ordered from cackle a couple years ago I ordered 15 hens and 3 roosters and thats exactly what i got. [​IMG] But not everyone has the same experience. I now hatch eggs...so I don't have a choice LOL but when I ordered 2 kinds of sex link, and EE's.....my purebreds I have hatched or bought.
     
  5. Oct 1, 2011 #3
    blkpoodles

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    Quote:i ordered chicks from ideal poultry, i ordered 3 EE pullets and got pullets, my others are straight run so theyre unsexed
     
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    ih66series

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    I ordered 15 pullets from Ideal Poultry and got 15 pullets. (and 3 Buff Brahma roosters as packing peanuts)
     
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    Oregon Blues

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    The hatcheries will guarantee 90%, but I think actual accuracy is about 96%- 97%.

    Many will throw in a couple of excess males as packing peanuts-- unless, of course, you were secretly hoping to get a flock rooster without having to pay for one. If you are hoping for a few roosters, you probably won't get any.
     
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    Illia

    Illia Crazy for Colors

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    Long ago when I actually used to order from hatcheries, I got a good 5-10% males, yes. In some groups I'd get a male per 9 females, in other batches I'd get a male per 12 females.
     
  13. Oct 6, 2011 #7
    off-grid hen

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    I ordered 15 sexed female day-olds from mcmurray, and got 1 rooster. A partridge rock. We'll see if he continues to behave himself. [​IMG]
     
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    gryeyes

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    I've ordered a gosling pair from Ideal, got a gosling pair (male and female) and 12 RIR cockerel packing peanuts. Split an order of 25, some sexed pullets and straight run chicks of a certain breed, and got all pullets of the sexed ones. Ordered 25 pullets from MyPetChicken and got 25 pullets and 2 extras; two of the 27 were cockerels, but I don't know if they were the two "extra" chicks or mistakes in the 25 pullets.

    All in all, I am pretty happy with what I received.
     
  17. Oct 6, 2011 #9
    Blue

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    I ordered 7 Brabanter pullets and 1 rooster from Ideal back in May, and that's what I got. I also ordered 2 Old English Game Bantams, which were unsexed, but turned out to be a pair. They also threw in 7 extra packing peanut Barred Rocks, which turned out to be 6 roosters and 1 pullet.
     
  19. Oct 6, 2011 #10
    K-9mom

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    I ordered 10 day old pullets from Ideal this summer and specifically told them NOT to add any "packing peanuts" if they could be roo's and I only got the 10 pullets that I requested w/o extra's.
     
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