New chicks/poults coming in September

[NickyPick]

I tried incubating my eggs this year, mostly because it's been a couple of years and I really love the mixes. Unfortunately, this was a bad batch. Ants got 5 of the peeps in the nursery coop and snakes got 3 others. Of the 15 I have left, 8 are cockerels!!!! I definitely want 3, maybe 4 of them, but what to do with the rest??? In any case, I finally decided to order more pullets from Ideal. My egg customers are increasing their dozen demand (from wanting 1-2, to now wanting 6-8!!). I've got 7 copper marans, 7 brown leghorns, 7 partridge rocks and 10 red bourbon poults. I really meant to wait until February, so the snake issue would be moot, but you can't get poults in February and those buggers seem to do better when raised with chicks.

 

[casportpony]

Congrats on your new pullets! Got any pictures of them?

 

[RoosterML]

You can always tell your customer “ you get what you get and your gonna like it” see customer satisfaction in my main goal

 

[NickyPick]

Well, haven't got the new pullets/chicks yet, but here's a few of the incubated bunch. I was trying to get pics of the cockerels to hopefully entice someone to take them. Girls are in the mix.
That yella guy. I'm definitely keeping him. I've not seen a rooster his color before. He's also got a great attitude. Always first to meet me and see what I'm doing when I go in the nursery coop. My head roo in the main coop, a New Hampshire named Lancelot, had that same attitude as a chick.
The red/white stripped guy with the feathered feet. I cannot figure out his parentage. My roos are currently all pure: New Hampshire, Black Cochin (standard), Americauna (pure white). The hens, Copper Maran, Plymouth Rock, EE, Leghorn and Gold sex link. Both the stripey hens are black. The feather footed are black. How did I get both stripey pattern, feather feet and red?