Too Early for Feb Hatch-A-Long Thread??

[CluckNDoodle]

Darn it! Last Legbar is a male.
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Oh but he's so sweet!!!

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

Oh but he's so sweet!!!

I guess you’re right... I don’t have the heart to kill them, even though we feed our dogs raw and would be great food for them. Currently have 12 cockerels and 5 pullets from the last two batches. What to do with all these roos?!

 

[aliciaplus3]

I guess you’re right... I don’t have the heart to kill them, even though we feed our dogs raw and would be great food for them. Currently have 12 cockerels and 5 pullets from the last two batches. What to do with all these roos?!

we feed em up and butcher, keep the best ones for breeding of course... I just found out last night that there is a gal in our area that feeds her dogs raw and will take any unwanted birds.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I guess you’re right... I don’t have the heart to kill them, even though we feed our dogs raw and would be great food for them. Currently have 12 cockerels and 5 pullets from the last two batches. What to do with all these roos?!

I rehome all of them but I know a lot of people eat them.

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

We have been looking for other avenues for lower the dog food bill. $500 a month atm.

It’s just so hard to pick which ones to keep and which ones to butcher...

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

I guess you’re right... I don’t have the heart to kill them, even though we feed our dogs raw and would be great food for them. Currently have 12 cockerels and 5 pullets from the last two batches. What to do with all these roos?!

Grow out and process them yourself or give them away for someone else to. I've sold a few purebred FBCM roosters. It buyers for roosters are few. If you're giving them away sooner the better. Makes no sense to grow them out to processing age then give them away.

If you do get them to that butchering age look into a local group that work with refugees. They are usually happy to put you in contact with refugee family who appreciates the food and know how to cook rooster/old birds.

There are also poultry "rescues" around. I find these highly suspicious based on the number of birds they take in. Is there really a farm somewhere where hundreds of roosters live out there days? I've never seen it.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

We have been looking for other avenues for lower the dog food bill. $500 a month atm.

It’s just so hard to pick which ones to keep and which ones to butcher...

That seems extremely high. Even for a raw food diet.

EDIT: It's not hard to pick a good rooster. Come up with a short list of qualities you want and don't waver from it. My short list is not aggressive, good with the hens, quiet (relatively speaking), and no obvious faults.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

We have been looking for other avenues for lower the dog food bill. $500 a month atm.

It’s just so hard to pick which ones to keep and which ones to butcher...

How many dogs do you have?

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

That seems extremely high. Even for a raw food diet.

EDIT: It's not hard to pick a good rooster. Come up with a short list of qualities you want and don't waver from it. My short list is not aggressive, good with the hens, quiet (relatively speaking), and no obvious faults.

It is a lot. But have 4 dogs and two of them are young mastiffs. Hungry little turds they are.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

It is a lot. But have 4 dogs and two of them are young mastiffs. Hungry little turds they are.

Lol, That makes more sense then. Mastiffs are awesome but, yeah, bottomless pits. Lol