I'm planning to hatch chicks for sale for the first time soon.

[Cheekychook12]

I'm very lucky to have farmland passed down from when my German farming ancestors moved to central Texas. We have 30 acres and the back quarter of it has lots trees so we can build whatever we need.

So lucky! I wish I had that much space
One day I wish to

 

[redinator]

I have room but not for many more.. and I live in suburbs so I can’t keep too many cockrels

Thankfully I have a friend that's willing to take any troublesome chickens since he uses them for meat.

 

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Thankfully I have a friend that's willing to take any troublesome chickens since he uses them for meat.

I plan to sell strait runs for now but with my private flock usually as soon as I know they are roos, I don't waste the time, feed, and space when it's not a broiler or good breeding genetics. I do have a hard time picking between my breeding roos sometimes though and have had to make a bachelor flock in the past

 

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Had to step out for a bit, we are now up to 14 with this one

 

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Getting harder to see with all the fluff lol

 

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Getting harder to see with all the fluff lol
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It's getting crowded in there...so many cute chicks!

 

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It's getting crowded in there...so many cute chicks!

Oh NOW it is crowded lol I think I only see 2 or 3 eggs left to hatch

 

[redinator]

I plan to sell strait runs for now but with my private flock usually as soon as I know they are roos, I don't waste the time, feed, and space when it's not a broiler or good breeding genetics. I do have a hard time picking between my breeding roos sometimes though and have had to make a bachelor flock in the past

I have one of the 5 I suspect to be male and he's a bit of jerk to the other chicks and hates being handled. I'm on the fence about giving up though because he's very aware of his surroundings and could be a good watch bird for the others.

 

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In my experience it doesn't matter how good of a watch bird he is if he is aggressive. You don't want that struggle to not lose an eye every day

 

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In my experience it doesn't matter how good of a watch bird he is if he is aggressive. You don't want that struggle to not lose an eye every day

Good point, I'll see how things go in the next week or so when I start bringing them outside.

Congrats on the new arrivals, I'm amazed you're still up, lol.