i got a zillion roos

[easttxchick]

I was just curious because the only method I was aware of was vent sexing.

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

WOW!! Thats alot of packing peanuts!

Im not sure what they are, but their coloring is pretty interesting....



Good Luck finding homes.

 

[Minniechickmama]

Post them as "free chicks" on craigslist. Someone is bound to take them off your hands. Even if they are roos.

 

[milo2145]

yes ideal is in texas and i will not be using them again! - i asked them in an email over the phone and on the order form - no males - i guess they needed to be visited in person and asked also!

also they got my order wrong and when i called up to query they said they will not accept any chicks back. plus 17??!! that is just ridiculous, i cant help thinking they just wanted to have a clear out

 

[ravencreek]

Sounds about right on the 17...I received 18 last March when I ordered mine. I didn't expect them either. Though I didn't be ask for them not to be included because I wasn't aware they added them in the first place. I only ordered 10 chicks and when I opened the box there were 28 in there. Out of the 18 they sent I received 7 pullets as peanuts. All were barred rocks.

 

[milo2145]

raven creek - how did you know they were pullets? did u wait for them to grow up? - what did you do with the roos

 

[RockwaterFarm]

You could raise them for meat or put "Free roosters" in the news paper.

 

[ravencreek]

I knew because you can usually sex barred rocks by the time they get their first feathering...Males are lighter than females. Plus I used the "dot method" where they have a large yellow dot of down on their heads if they are one sex and the dot is smaller if they are the other. I found the method on here and don't remember which was which. I was right even with the dot method, but waiting a week for some feathers made my "guess" 100% correct. I then rehomed some of the roos chicks and kept the rest til they were a 14wks old and rehomed them to a guy that ate them. He didn't have the means to raise them up himself but he paid me $9 a roo so I wasn't complaining.

 

[CoopCrazy]

Where are you located?? I'll take em if you want to ship em.. I can just add them to the Dinner Theatre...

 

[Peeper7]

I would think the hatchery marked the packing roos. Mine did when I got them. From Meyers.