Bawk2theFuture
Songster
So, I was talking our situation over with my son yesterday about our adventures in hatching...originally I set nine Salmon Faverolles eggs that i got in the mail from someone here on BYC. Six hatched- four were roosters, two hens. I thought to myself. Ok, that's fine, i can either eat these roosters or find them homes, they're nice enough and good looking too. Besides, i wanted other kinds of hens. So i also set four BCMs- only one hatched that i was certain was a hen...grew very attached to and became my "favorite". (More on that later)
So then i got six more eggs to set from Meyer. This time white Cochins. Only two hatched...one was a hen.
At this point I'm desperate for some hens. So i got some blue splash Marans from eBay and set them.
At first i thought, awesome it seems as though I've five hens and one roo but around seven weeks four of them very obviously have bright red combs.
This morning i went to go let everyone out to forage in the run.
My "favorite" who I've named "Ebony" jumped up on a roost and crowed twice as i walked away.
Ssshhhh! Don't do that! I hushed at herrrumnnhim?... im not allowed roosters here.
At this point I've a total of ten cockerels and five hens.
I've currently got six Easter eggers in the incubator please be girls please be girls...
My 11 year laughs and tells me "mom, you're unlucky in hatching" adding "you know, you can buy chicks that they already know if they're boys or girls?"
I don't know what to do.
I can't bare to eat these guys, i can't keep them...
Does anyone here want them? I'm in NE Ohio... PM me if you want one or pics or whatever.:/
So then i got six more eggs to set from Meyer. This time white Cochins. Only two hatched...one was a hen.
At this point I'm desperate for some hens. So i got some blue splash Marans from eBay and set them.
At first i thought, awesome it seems as though I've five hens and one roo but around seven weeks four of them very obviously have bright red combs.
This morning i went to go let everyone out to forage in the run.
My "favorite" who I've named "Ebony" jumped up on a roost and crowed twice as i walked away.
Ssshhhh! Don't do that! I hushed at herrrumnnhim?... im not allowed roosters here.
At this point I've a total of ten cockerels and five hens.
I've currently got six Easter eggers in the incubator please be girls please be girls...
My 11 year laughs and tells me "mom, you're unlucky in hatching" adding "you know, you can buy chicks that they already know if they're boys or girls?"
I don't know what to do.
I can't bare to eat these guys, i can't keep them...
Does anyone here want them? I'm in NE Ohio... PM me if you want one or pics or whatever.:/