Humanity Disgusts Me

[chickened]

I can sell a 5 month old rooster dual purpose type standard for $15.00 all day but feed needs to be at 20 cents a pound or less to make it worth my time.
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[pardygwyn]

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I know a local breeder of Golden Comets who sells her baby roos to herpers. I'd never thought of the option, but told her it sounded like an excellent idea - no waste! Maybe hatcheries just don't realize there's a market?

 

[KristyHall]

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I know a local breeder of Golden Comets who sells her baby roos to herpers. I'd never thought of the option, but told her it sounded like an excellent idea - no waste! Maybe hatcheries just don't realize there's a market?

I would be a great way to minimize waste, and the chicks lives won't be lost for nothing

 

[Elite Silkies]

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I know a local breeder of Golden Comets who sells her baby roos to herpers. I'd never thought of the option, but told her it sounded like an excellent idea - no waste! Maybe hatcheries just don't realize there's a market?

I'm probably going to look stupid, but what is a herper? I'm thinking maybe it's something to do with reptiles?

 

[redhen]

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I know a local breeder of Golden Comets who sells her baby roos to herpers. I'd never thought of the option, but told her it sounded like an excellent idea - no waste! Maybe hatcheries just don't realize there's a market?

I'm probably going to look stupid, but what is a herper? I'm thinking maybe it's something to do with reptiles?

LOL! i was thinking the same thing....
'Cept at first i was thinking of the disease

... and i was like WTH!! ?? *scratching head in confusion, as usual..*

Then it hit me.... oooooh..... yeah.... reptiles.. doh!

 

[Elite Silkies]

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I'm probably going to look stupid, but what is a herper? I'm thinking maybe it's something to do with reptiles?

LOL! i was thinking the same thing....
'Cept at first i was thinking of the disease

... and i was like WTH!! ?? *scratching head in confusion, as usual..*

Then it hit me.... oooooh..... yeah.... reptiles.. doh!

Thank goodness, I wasn't the only one

I didn't want to ask, but I wanted to know.

 

[whiteflare]

Hmmm, just thought I might pitch in here - I agree with all you're saying, but isn't there some good about what people are doing for others? There are so many aid organisations trying to improve life for those who need help. I agree that they could do more though.

 

[Flyingbavarian]

Most people buy chickens to have fresh eggs and that is great but it's also causes this issue. Since consumers want hens hatcheries offer a chick sexing service to give us what we want. That leaves them with surplus roos and something has to be done with them. So I guess you could say that consumers are to blame for this, if hatcheries only sold str. run chicks this really wouldn't be a problem. Since some people cant have roos due to local ordinances or just don't want to have to deal with all the extra roos they order mainly pullets. Its this convenience that creates the problem, hatcheries can only sell what we buy. Just remember that for every sexed chick we buy a cockerel will probably meet an early death.

Could hatcheries find a better use for all the leftovers? Who knows unless someone with firsthand knowledge of what happens to the surplus roos chimes in about how they are disposed of i really couldn't say. I imagine the method they use is whatever is cheapest and most convenient, not good if your a rooster either way. Considering the vast amount of chicks hatched by hatcheries every week in this country it has to be a considerable number of roos that don't make it out alive. Hopefully some hatcheries donate to zoos, animal rescues and stuff like that.

I know ideal poultry sends extra roos with orders (packing peanuts) and i would say that probably helps with the amount of extras they have to deal with every week. I have read where people complained about getting all the extras and i cant say i would be really happy receiving a bunch of roos. What do you expect them to do with them its either destroy them or send them out to maybe have a chance at a life even if it will be short lived at least someone will get some use from them if they are eaten. It could go either way though many might think its irresponsible for them to send out extras if people didn't order them but again its not really my call. All i can say is if you don't like the practices that hatcheries use buy from local breeders or at the very least buy str. run.

 

[Dunkopf]

Yea, it's hard to sell straight runs. We hatched about 400 chicks last year and even at 3.00 each and a week old they were hard to sell. Had to wait till they were old enough to tell the difference for sure to get rid of them.

 

[herfrds]

I read this thread and read about the OP that started it.
At first I was not going to say anything, but now I will.

Yes it is sad about the baby chicks, but it goes through my mind that 1 poor guy now has brain damage just because he wore a cap to a baseball game that some other fans didn't like.
1 person died in a tornado in Minnepolis today.
Several members here went through nasty tornados and survived while hundreds did not.

Humanity does not disgust me when people you do not know step up to help and ask for nothing in return.
I guess it's how you really look at.