OK-I am officially very bad at this

[Chicken daze(d)]

I brought home my daughter's kindergarten classroom chickens, 6 of them. Four were roos. "Statistically speaking" we failed big time.

Since then though, I have gone to the feed store and purchased 4 more chickees from the "pullet palace". There is a 98% chance that they are pullets. And I got a 4 month old pullet that was obviously already sexed.

 

[gritsar]

Awww poor wrong sex picking DG!

The only hope for you is to move in next to me. I'll take all your mistakes.

 

[farmin'chick]

your story actually made me feel better.Thank you! (And sorry about your luck...better luck next time).

Why, you're welcome!

And -- it was the beginning of my chicken saga! I traded 3 of my VERY FINE, spoiled, hand-raised roosters for 4 pullets, 16 coturnix eggs, a pair of adult coturnix, and met a great new chicken friend. I sold some of the others, and the rest went to be the Bug Patrol on my sister's goat farm. So -- I've since raised, hatched, and bought a bunch of birds, love my poultry, and it was a great experience. I had the SWEETEST big ox roosters in the county! Oh, yeah...traded another for some Ameracauna pullets, and made some MORE great chicken friends....​

 

[Branderella]

Quote:
we have the same avatar!

 

[write2caroline]

No but if you want nearly perfect sexing, pay the little bit more and order from My pet chicken because they will sex even the bantums.

Caroline
Jax FL

 

[wildorchid053]

i love my sex link hens.. we bought 4 st. run and 3 are roos.. and 4 sex link.. they turned out all girls.. they lay beautifully large brown eggs every day. and they are the sweetest birds.. think i will get more next spring. they started laying at 16 weeks too!

 

[juliechick]

I feel your pain. Everyone around here laughs at me because I'm alway trying to rehome roosters! I finally gave up and ordered from My Pet Chicken. If these chicks end up being roos, I give up.

 

[acbear93]

I have bought red-sexlink, and black sex-links, both are excellent layers of brown eggs...I have found their temperament to be good also. I ordered pullets, and thats what I got...you cant help but get it right because they can be sexed right away...with straight run, you are bound to get at least 50% of one and the other...could be more, could be less, but like i n your situation, you got the wrong % of the more....I like the way the red ones look, a brown color with lighter tones for trim, and lighter fluffy butts,,,I had a black one that has a lot of red too it, almost looks like a BCM...but its not, sure looks close though! I bought some sexlnked hatching eggs, and wouldnt you know 3 of 4 that hatched are boys! thats alright though, its beena while since we had a man around the coop...now we can hatch our own...good luck passing him on!

 

[highcountrychickens]

OH don't be bummed, you're not bad at this! - it's just luck of the draw! How about this: turn the luck back on itself! Next time, go for 'all roosters' ... maybe Murphy's law will still be with you and you'll get your hens

Otherwise, the sex-link might be a good way to go.

 

[desertgirl]

Ha!That's not a bad idea-reverse strategy!