The Quack Shack

[ShrekDawg]

Should be fun! Although I’m not very artsy but I can try haha

 

[ShrekDawg]

 

[Tooshay89]

So... I have three chocolate mottled orpington babies that I hatched from Woodfield farms eggs a few months ago. Three hatched - well four, but one didn't make it. Anyway, I have these three juveniles. I'm almost 100% sure that they're all roos. Orpingtons can be hard to sex until they crow or lay an egg sometimes, so I was really hoping that maybe ONE was a pullet.

I heard the first one crow today. I heard this weird sound and thought some animal was dying in the woods, so I walk over there and all of the chickens are laying under some trees. As I get closer I realize the three potential roos are hanging out in that area - it was one of them. None of them will blab on which one was the songster. Turds.

 

[ShrekDawg]

So... I have three chocolate mottled orpington babies that I hatched from Woodfield farms eggs a few months ago. Three hatched - well four, but one didn't make it. Anyway, I have these three juveniles. I'm almost 100% sure that they're all roos. Orpingtons can be hard to sex until they crow or lay an egg sometimes, so I was really hoping that maybe ONE was a pullet.

I heard the first one crow today. I heard this weird sound and thought some animal was dying in the woods, so I walk over there and all of the chickens are laying under some trees. As I get closer I realize the three potential roos are hanging out in that area - it was one of them. None of them will blab on which one was the songster. Turds.

Oh no!! I hope you at least get some girls!!

I know the feeling of getting all boys and/or terrible ratios though! My Thanksgiving hatch I literally got 8/9 boys. only one girl out of the whole hatch!

Like you, I thought I had more girls since I had a few hard to sex ones, and thought I could potentially have 2-4 girls at least and was getting excited because at least that’d be better than 1 but NOPE. All boys except one.

I wanted to keep all the girls too. Instead, I’m now keeping all the boys.

Lost 2 of them but still have 6 plus the girl. Just keeping everybody for now.

But I literally got a 90% cockerel rate.

I was expecting and prepared for 50/50, hell even 75%, but not 90.

 

[jaykayhuff]

Oh no!! I hope you at least get some girls!!

I know the feeling of getting all boys and/or terrible ratios though! My Thanksgiving hatch I literally got 8/9 boys. only one girl out of the whole hatch!

Like you, I thought I had more girls since I had a few hard to sex ones, and thought I could potentially have 2-4 girls at least and was getting excited because at least that’d be better than 1 but NOPE. All boys except one.

I wanted to keep all the girls too. Instead, I’m now keeping all the boys.

Lost 2 of them but still have 6 plus the girl. Just keeping everybody for now.

But I literally got a 90% cockerel rate.

I was expecting and prepared for 50/50, hell even 75%, but not 90.

Ouch. I feel your pain there. I’d say at least you got one girl but if you were wanting to keep them all then what a horrible ratio ha

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

My old boss breeds beautiful leghorns. At the beginning of 2018 in his 200 eggs 98% were roos. So only 4 pullets.

 

[Jpat]

My old boss breeds beautiful leghorns. At the beginning of 2018 in his 200 eggs 98% were roos. So only 4 pullets.

Thats would be devistating ! Unless they were meet birds but leghorns are skinny egg layers right?

 

[ShrekDawg]

My old boss breeds beautiful leghorns. At the beginning of 2018 in his 200 eggs 98% were roos. So only 4 pullets.

OMG!!!

 

[Tooshay89]

My old boss breeds beautiful leghorns. At the beginning of 2018 in his 200 eggs 98% were roos. So only 4 pullets.

I think I would literally die. Can you imagine having to re-home that many roos? I guess you could butcher them, but leghorns don't get very big.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Ouch. I feel your pain there. I’d say at least you got one girl but if you were wanting to keep them all then what a horrible ratio ha

Yes, at least there was one! Silver lining and all that

And the boys all ended up super pretty so that’s a plus.