Why did he have to be a roo??

[Nupine]

I have a goat barn with some loose chickens of different breeds in there. One of them a 3 year old blue leghornish hen lays a gigantic white egg. The top roos in there are silverlaced wyandottes. So I decided to put one egg in there from her to hopefully get a pullet to put in the barn to lay eggs. Well the cutie hatched yesterday. His comb and waddles are very big and I think it is a rooster!! As if I didn't already have AS MANY ROOSTERS AS I DO HENS!!! I know it isn't his fault at all, but now I don't know what to do with him. I don't ''do'' meat birds at all, and I already have too many roos. I have about 15-20 roos to sell right now. How do you get rid of extra roos, other than for meat?

 

[amystours]

You can tell as soon as they are hatched what they are?? I thought you had to wait MONTHS before you would know for sure!!!???

 

[arlee453]

Post them here in the buy/sell/trade/free section. You may be able to find them homes to other BYCr's.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

When you find the answer about why they are roos instead of pullets, post it on the board here. I've read so many posts of rooster aftere rooster. Poor Speckledhen seems to hatch nothing (well almost) but roosters lately.