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Hi everyone! I’m kinda’ having difficulty making a decision, and I’m hoping one or some of you might be able to help me.
We have 17 chickens. 14 are pullets and 3 are cockerels. All just turned 19 weeks this past Wednesday. I know we have one cockerel too many for the number of pullets we are keeping.
We homestead, so our birds are meant to be dual purpose. We live in North Wisconsin where temps get really cold, so I did my best to get all cold hardy breeds.
My indecision lies in which cockerel I want to eliminate from the flock. The ones I’m trying to decide between keeping for flock management are a Partridge Wyandotte cockerel and a Golden Laced Cochin cockerel.
If our objective to is to have a cold hardy, dual purpose chickens and I’m wondering if either cockerel would serve us better than the other, or if it’s really just a personal decision.
I’m leaning towards keeping the Cochin because they grow bigger in a shorter period of time, though they are ultimately a little smaller at maturity than the Wyandotte.
Thoughts?
Thanks to all that take the time to help and respond.
We have 17 chickens. 14 are pullets and 3 are cockerels. All just turned 19 weeks this past Wednesday. I know we have one cockerel too many for the number of pullets we are keeping.
We homestead, so our birds are meant to be dual purpose. We live in North Wisconsin where temps get really cold, so I did my best to get all cold hardy breeds.
My indecision lies in which cockerel I want to eliminate from the flock. The ones I’m trying to decide between keeping for flock management are a Partridge Wyandotte cockerel and a Golden Laced Cochin cockerel.
If our objective to is to have a cold hardy, dual purpose chickens and I’m wondering if either cockerel would serve us better than the other, or if it’s really just a personal decision.
I’m leaning towards keeping the Cochin because they grow bigger in a shorter period of time, though they are ultimately a little smaller at maturity than the Wyandotte.
Thoughts?
Thanks to all that take the time to help and respond.