Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[Scrambles55]

My heart is breaking. We culled 2 chicks (cockerels) and Rumples today. I’m not sure if you remember but, Rumples was my crippled hen. I thought that she would not make it long enough to raise her chicks but she did. And then.... 2 more broods. She hasn’t been broody for 2 years and I needed to thin the flock. It’s a very sad day.

 

[BullChick]

 

[Scrambles55]

DH was supposed to cull the frizzle also but, be couldn’t catch her.
I’m going to try and sell the Liege Fighter cockerel ( at least I think he’s a cockerel) when he is bigger and I’m 100% sure. Liege Fighter hens are not good layers so... if I have a pair, selling both could work.
Ducky, the curled toe chick, is good. No more tipping over.

 

[ronott1]

My heart is breaking. We culled 2 chicks (cockerels) and Rumples today. I’m not sure if you remember but, Rumples was my crippled hen. I thought that she would not make it long enough to raise her chicks but she did. And then.... 2 more broods. She hasn’t been broody for 2 years and I needed to thin the flock. It’s a very sad day.

It is sad when that day comes!

 

[ronott1]

DH was supposed to cull the frizzle also but, be couldn’t catch her.
I’m going to try and sell the Liege Fighter cockerel ( at least I think he’s a cockerel) when he is bigger and I’m 100% sure. Liege Fighter hens are not good layers so... if I have a pair, selling both could work.
Ducky, the curled toe chick, is good. No more tipping over.

I get them and night and put them in a cage in the garage. It makes it less hectic on the day of processing

 

[Scrambles55]

An observation... since we culled the two highly suspect cockerels, things in the brooder have been much quieter.
I had observed the CL cockerel picking on a couple of his siblings.
We are due for super cold weather next week.

 

[ronott1]

An observation... since we culled the two highly suspect cockerels, things in the brooder have been much quieter.
I had observed the CL cockerel picking on a couple of his siblings.
We are due for super cold weather next week.

It is amazing how calm it can be when trouble making birds are removed

 

[Wishing4Wings]

My heart is breaking. We culled 2 chicks (cockerels) and Rumples today. I’m not sure if you remember but, Rumples was my crippled hen. I thought that she would not make it long enough to raise her chicks but she did. And then.... 2 more broods. She hasn’t been broody for 2 years and I needed to thin the flock. It’s a very sad day.

So sorry about Rumples. She had a good life with you and didn't suffer. You gave her much more than most would have.

 

[Scrambles55]

So.... I have a chick, that I suspect to be a Liege Fighter cockerel. Now.... at 3 weeks (almost) it’s voice is changing.
Is 3 weeks too early for that to happen??

 

[BullChick]

Nope