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Teppler

Teppler

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Hi everyone been browsing for a while and thought I would say hi.
I started my adventure last summer with 6 RIR chicks and 2 ducks.
I lost 4 chicks to local hawk and the ducks succumbed to unknown fate
on a friends pond.The 2 girls left are my pride and joy. Both contribute an egg a day consistently
and continue to amaze me with there antics and vocalizations. The dominate one is named
Red, for obvious reasons and the other I named #2 also for obvious reasons. I have in the last 4 weeks, acquired 8 more
of various kinds and am sure several are roosters. I do not want any roosters so I am not looking forward to
the obvious decision to be made as to what I plan to do with them hoping some good advice will come from
you more experienced chicken lovers. I will post pictures as soon as I figure out how.


thanks,

Tommy

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Sometimes it's better to buy older "point of lay," birds, that way you know they aren't roosters. Or pay extra to buy "sexed" chicks - although that isn't infallible either. Another avenue is to buy sex links. These are birds that are bred to be a certain color for one sex or the other. In that way you know which are males and which are females.
 
Welcome to BYC! I would post an ad on Craigslist or see if your local feed store will take them off your hands. Good luck to you.
 
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Great to have you aboard and enjoy BYC!
 
Welcome, I'm right next door in Arkansas! Sorry about your last chickens and ducks!

I would recommend either culling the roosters to make dinner, or trying to list them online. You can even list them here under the buy, sell, trade tab =)

I second the suggestion to get the pre sexed hens next time and double check that your feed store will ensure the sex that or get sex linked.
 

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