- Mar 28, 2011
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I bought 10 red broiler chicks back in May and the hatchery added 9 Leghorn males for warmth. They are all 11 weeks old now and have been crowing for at least a month. This past weekend, I was hearing a lot more squawking and screeching than usual and told my husband that I thought we might be pushing our luck with the Leghorn males and should go ahead and slaughter them (the plan was to slaughter at least the meaties and maybe everyone at 12 weeks). He didn't want to do the deed until next weekend. Well, now I'm concerned about leaving them for another whole 5 days. The Leghorns are mounting the female broilers (which are pathetically tiny) and chasing everyone around. The male broilers hide in terror behind the waterer. I've never raised meat birds or Leghorns before. My experience has been all dual purpose males who didn't crow until 15 weeks and were slaughtered at 18 weeks.
So here's my question. Can these 9 Leghorns and 2 broiler roos survive without killing each other until Saturday or are they just going to annoy each other at this point?
So here's my question. Can these 9 Leghorns and 2 broiler roos survive without killing each other until Saturday or are they just going to annoy each other at this point?
