Which boy to keep?

[C Siena]

Unfortunately I’m not able to hatch more eggs right now, as I’m at my limit with chickens. I have hatched from him before, and got some cockerels. One of them was shaping up to be pretty nice, but two of them were showing signs of possible aggression toward humans.

He’s not currently in with the rooster, so he’s not really being kept in line, and is still sweet. I agree though, he’s getting very big.

Limit in your location or in your coops? If coops, do you have a way to sell, trade or whatever the excess? It seems that people will pay for pullets, even bym. You could evaluate the cockerels.

Now watch, you incubate 8 eggs, 6 are fertile and hatch, or 5 hatch...and they are all pullets. Ugh, for you.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Limit in your location or in your coops? If coops, do you have a way to sell, trade or whatever the excess? It seems that people will pay for pullets, even bym. You could evaluate the cockerels.

Now watch, you incubate 8 eggs, 6 are fertile and hatch, or 5 hatch...and they are all pullets. Ugh, for you.

My coop will not hold anymore chickens And my “incubators,” my broody hens, aren’t broody right now.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to try and sell pullets though. There was a rush on chicks this year, like it was insane. There are going to be a lot of people realizing it was more than they bargained for, and they’ll be trying to sell off their pullets/cockerels/whatever before winter.

 

[StinkyAcres]

I don’t think it’s a good idea to try and sell pullets though. There was a rush on chicks this year, like into was insane. There are going to be a lot of people realizing it was more than they bargained for, and they’ll be trying to sell off their pullets/cockerels/whatever before winter.

I am seeing that in the classifieds already. I have a cockerel I need to get rid of but it's not going to be easy.