Ever since I got my 17-week old pullets, I've wanted to get some chicks. I've even thought of trying to hatch some eggs. However, I want to be realistic - and don't want to get in over my head. In reading through many threads here, people joke around saying things like "If you already have 10, what's 10 more?" "A few more won't hurt." So my question: In ordering chicks, do you take into consideration that some might die - or there might be some roosters (when you can only have pullets) . . . How do you figure out realisitically how many chicks are plenty without being too much? Is ten more (or 20 more or 50 more) really not that big a deal?
And if you DO get too many, how simple is it to sell the extras? How long do you have after getting the day old chicks before they're big enough to go to the coop & run?
And if you DO get too many, how simple is it to sell the extras? How long do you have after getting the day old chicks before they're big enough to go to the coop & run?
10 birds is great-20 is harder to keep up with and so forth but for folks like us we don't care and do what we need to do for our addictions
Also if you get straight run-count on at least 50% being roo's! ( not all the time but most) If you start with lets say 30 straight run chicks---15 will be roos so your left with 15 pullets? Then say you lose a few as they are growing from various health reasons or issues...You now have 12-13 pullets
