Seriously???

I got 2 roos out of 3 from the pullets bin.
I'm going to a chicken swap next week for replacement birds.

 

That is the worst. I bought some new chicks this year and the only ones that die or get eaten by predators are the pullets.

 

I bought two pullets out of the straight run bin and a rooster out of the pullet bin. Hows that for odds? and my broody hatched 5 boys out of 7.

 

Unless they're bantams I absolutely MUST have, I don't buy from straight run bins. I am "lucky" enough to get a few cockerels from "pullet" bins... but only a few.

However, when I started incubating eggs,, I discovered I was really good at HATCHING roos. Hatching is like straight run, only better.

Just ordered pullets from Ideal, because I've been unable to get the breeds I wanted locally, and WOW - they're all pullets! I also purchased a sexed pair of goslings, and that's what I got. I am really pleased with Ideal Poultry. Yes, it's much more expensive than feed stores, but for breeds you want but cannot get locally, this is an ideal (hehehehehhehehe) method of adding to a flock.

 

I got Austraslorps straight run from TSC and out of 15, 9 were roos. I also got 10 straight run Speckled Sussex and 6 were roosters. Agway was worse. Out of 10, 9 were roos - I am still trying to decide if the last one is a roo, too.

 

We really must have lucked out then. Took a chance on two BO's that were labeled straight run and got two pullets. The 4 RIR's that we bought that were advertised as pullets turned out to be - though we had our doubts about one of them for quite a while. Sorry about your bad experience with them - how frustrating!

 

Quote:i got three roos out of twelve , iguess i'm lucky

 

Quote:i got three roos out of twelve , iguess i'm lucky

That is LUCK!!!

 

Out of all my nine straight run light Bahamas, I think they are ALL roos.
I only got straight run because the lovely staff got it wrong. UGHHHHH Ill NEVER get from them again. Unless im ABSOULETY SURE. Ill go with my pet chicken from now on.