Pretty sad, as they are my only chickens, but oh well. Thanks guys!
You can get more I think.
But when you do you want to account for losses like this.
Say I want 3 hens, I'd go buy 6 under the assumption that some would be boys to put down, and maybe I'd lose another through an accident or whatever. And then I'd end up with probably 2 or 3 if I'm lucky.
You may have growing pains also as a person just barely getting into this.
But the good news is that most city ordinances in the US typically state 5 or 6 as limits. So this means you could probably ('probably' heh) do a few more than you are.
But another issue is why did the place that sold them to you only give you boys? Did you tell them you were a first time owner? (I would never tell people if it was my first time, because people have a tendency to take advantage like this.)
It is possible...that they didn't know they sold you boys, but I've been seeing a common pattern here that makes me upset. I've seen LOTS and Lots of accounts of 'first time owners' being sold boys way more than can be explained as accidental. The math shows that its not always accidental.
How is it that 'first time owners' somehow... 80% of the time end up with the boys that the owners were trying to get rid of and hardly any or no hens?
