If I were in this situation my first priority would be finishing the house so the hens would have proper shelter for sure! Second decide what you will do with all those Roos obviously they r a hazard both to you and to your hens. Those 2 situations need dealt with ASAP. If u care like u claim these will be solved and not just eh I put a tarp up will have to do for now till next week. By allmeans we are all busy i work 6 days a week gone from home 12 hours a day. But I’ll be darned if my animals weren’t all taken care of properly. As a responsible person I purchased straight run chicks KNOWING some were rooster if not most. I also KNOW there is no way that many rooster are good with so few hens...PERIOD! Now I’m new to chickens so this is all my opinion here. Now with this said......when they start to crow we will put them in the freezer. I know this 100%....if this is not an option for you perhaps you should decide prior to purchasing chicks what you will do with those extra Roos....whether it’s give them away....sell them....or eat them. End of story. They cannot stay with your hens. If you want to be responsible there were several ideas given here....choose one and don’t stop till all those hens are safe. Get rid of the Roos, make a bachelor house for the Roos...etc. DO SOMETHING!!! Don’t just sit and watch. It’s in humane honestly esp since your hens are sounding in need of help from you. Please be responsible.
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I was also joking... but I seriously pray the OP doesn’t get more birds until the cockerels situation is resolved, and maybe starts buying sexed chicks for the future. Livestock... it’s not for everyone, and just because you have a few acres doesn’t mean you can adequately handle or care for some animals. I’m personally very impulsive and have gotten in a little over my head at times too, but I will also take advice, figure out how to adapt, and always put the welfare of the animals first... (even if it takes a little longer than expected to implement a fix) I also knew that culling was going to be a part of my situation going into chickens.
Oh, and @keringordon , if the weather is too harsh for you to be out working and putting up a tarp in... it’s also probably way too harsh for your birds. I worked on my chicken tractor in heavy winds and rain for two days straight by myself, to get it done so I could move a problem cockerel out and make room for my chicks in the barn. Make the time, take care of your animals. Sure I could have just turned them loose, I’m on 600 acres, but that would be irresponsible and a cruel death by predators for domestic birds that have known shelter their entire lives!
How so exactly?
Bamabexchicks
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My question is how do people being vegetarian cause that?
The hatcheries mainly get orders for pullets. When you hatch eggs, half or more are generally cockerels. The left over cockerel chicks are killed, often in very gruesome ways.
They don't cause it. But if they eat eggs or buy pullets, they are participating in the system that does things this way by default.
But it’s not just vegetarians, so does everyone else.
Bamabexchicks
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