I am a first time chicken raiser and if someone had told me, or if I had read that buying a straight run had the possibility of getting more roos than pullets, I would have certainly bought them sexed, and happily paid the extra for girls! I purchased 15 and out of that 15 - 10 are roosters!!! Really??? And to top this off, all 15 are bantums!!! So, my original thinking was to enjoy the cute little ones and get enough eggs to have a decent breakfast! The joke is certainly on me! At the moment I want to keep my smallest Mille F (his name is Squirt!) PB, my sweetest Barred Cochin, and Galaxy, my black Silkie. Squirt & Galaxy have "girl friends" and PB is my chatterbox. I have only heard Squirt crow, so far, and it's not anything like the 7 that need a new home!
Number 2 problem is that I've really grown attached to the boys, but I can't keep them, and can't find a home for them - what's a mom to do? I live in Boise, Idaho and I don't have a clue what to do.
Please help!
Thanx bunches,
Number 2 problem is that I've really grown attached to the boys, but I can't keep them, and can't find a home for them - what's a mom to do? I live in Boise, Idaho and I don't have a clue what to do.
Thanx bunches,
