I have some young rhode island reds heritage that wont attack you .. and some young black copper marans I think the marans will be larger than the reds.
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The inevitable rooster is right but we haven't been turned off quite yet. Our first 4 chicks ever turned out to all be roos. Rehomed 1 of them and trying desperately to find homes for a Bantam rooster who just get kicks out of trying to mess with me and 1 Polish cross roo. I plan on keeping one because he is a sweet heart and introducing him to my baby Cochins that are 4-9 weeks old at some point. Hoping for some ladies this time around. We got them from a lady near us selling cochins and I think she did a pretty good job sexing them before giving them to us but I do think we ended up with 1 roo so now it might come down to which roo to keep. Oh what a world. decisions decisions.
Thank you. I ended up having a friend who had a beautiful barnyard mix one year old I'm going to try out with my girls.
Well I have been told I need to down size my flock a bit. So I will be looking to re-home about 4 of my ladies. I am thinking they are going to be my RIRs, but I might get rid of my 1 SLW. Haven't decided yet. They are 21 weeks old and should be coming into lay very soon. They were all de-wormed and de-mited a month ago with Epernix pour on. I have no idea what to charge for them, newbe to this. And I live around sout San Antonio.
I also have a 15 week old male Chinese gander that is nice, and a 11 week old African goose that is somewhat skittish and aggressive. I would not recommend the goose for a first time goose owner. But if I can't find her a home that can handle her, into the stew pot she goes. The young gander too, as I don't need 2 ganders fighting in my yard over mates during breeding season.
I also have a 15 week old male Chinese gander that is nice, and a 11 week old African goose that is somewhat skittish and aggressive. I would not recommend the goose for a first time goose owner. But if I can't find her a home that can handle her, into the stew pot she goes. The young gander too, as I don't need 2 ganders fighting in my yard over mates during breeding season.
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Anyone near Azle have any EE or RIR pullets? I lost half my flock during last weeks flash flood. If not I guess I'll be going to first Monday in Weatherford this weekend to see what I can find.
Starfire if you was closer I'd be happy to help you down size. Right now I am hoping to spend more on chickens than gas.
Aww, who delivered the downsizing news?
Good luck with finding homes!
I think $15 is a fair price for a hatchery bred hen near POL.
I hear ya. We have 26 chickens, 2 of whom are roosters. I had horrible luck with SLWs, I brought 7 and had 1 pullet in the batch, we sold 3 of the cockerels and ate the others. The RIRs, I purchased 7 and had 1 cockerel, also eaten. Of my BRs I purchased 6 and 1 died, the other 5 are pullets. Then I purchased 6 BOs pullets and 6 BA pullets, expecting a higher number of cockerels from my straight runs, and a higher number of chick losses than we had. That is way more eggs than we need, but I can't bring myself to down size my flock to the original planned dozen chickens. of my chickens I love my BRs best, with theBOs, and BAs close second. So the first to be shipped off are the RIRs and SLW pullets. As I said they are 21 weeks, and hand raised, they will come up to eat food from your hands, though they don't like to be held.
My father made a comment and my husband said that I had to down size. I wanted to sell extra eggs, but apparently that's not good enough for my hubby. If I have to downsize though, I'd rather my ladies go to someone here that loves their birds as more than just food producers. Most of the people around here that buy/sell at animal flea markets don't care for their birds. Mine are partially tame, de-wormed regularly, and I care for any injuries they get. I also spoil them with grapes, watermelon, blackberries, corn, cucumbers, squash, and other fruits and veggies from my garden.
Of my original crew we had 10 RIR, 4 BO, and 2 GC. Then we added the EE roo. Now the original 16 where puchased day old's the week after Easter. Last month added the EE. After the flash flood we have 5 RIR (4 roos/dinner), 2 BO pullets, 1 GC pullet, and the EE roo. Don't want to start from hatchlings again at this time. I love watching them roam the yard, but I'm also thinking maybe I should build a few tractors so that they aren't washed away again. I don't know any more. Anyone have any thoughts?
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