U_Stormcrow
Crossing the Road
Wow, all your alls answers are so informative! I'm swimming with information! So how do y'all go about knowing the sexes if I decided to go with a breed that isn't sex linked?
As far what I'd do with the ones that don't sell, especially the cockerels, I suppose I'll have try to give them away or... ya know, *slides finger across the neck*. Any other options?
...and THAT is what makes sex-linked birds so popular and commercially important.
Its possible to vent sex, but its a developed skill with some risk of injury to the bird, and is only 90-95% successful even with practice. I don't do it myself, and I do NOT recommend it to backyard keepers.
Selling/Rehoming and Red Queen quotable lines are your two options for the cockerels.