I got 16 bantams from Ideal on May 20. There were four GLW bantams, four blue silkies, four black frizzles (3 smooth-feathered) and four sultan bantams. In the first few days, I lost a GLW and two sultans.
The babies are 8 weeks old now, and I am sure of gender on all of them. Of the 13 remaining chicks, I have:
A pair of bantam sultans
A trio of GLW's
A cockerel and three silkie pullets (one bearded)
A cockerel and three frizzle/bantam cochin pullets. The one frizzled baby is a pullet.
I can't believe my luck! Only four cockerels out of thirteen babies. Now I have to decide who to keep and who to re-home. Shouldn't be too hard as county fair is coming up by the end of September.
The babies are 8 weeks old now, and I am sure of gender on all of them. Of the 13 remaining chicks, I have:
A pair of bantam sultans
A trio of GLW's
A cockerel and three silkie pullets (one bearded)
A cockerel and three frizzle/bantam cochin pullets. The one frizzled baby is a pullet.
I can't believe my luck! Only four cockerels out of thirteen babies. Now I have to decide who to keep and who to re-home. Shouldn't be too hard as county fair is coming up by the end of September.
