William

[BigBlueHen53]

By rehome I mean get them off your property by any means necessary. If you can get $20 for them you'll be doing good. To be honest a lot of roosters (cockerels actually, they're not roosters till they're a year old) are lucky to go "free to good home" and often end up in a freezer or stew pot. Since most of us only need one or two roosters in our flock, there is always a surplus of males. I wish you luck.

 

[William54]

By rehome I mean get them off your property by any means necessary. If you can get $20 for them you'll be doing good. To be honest a lot of roosters (cockerels actually, they're not roosters till they're a year old) are lucky to go "free to good home" and often end up in a freezer or stew pot. Since most of us only need one or two roosters in our flock, there is always a surplus of males. I wish you luck.

Well I will give them away if someone wants them. I'll make a post on FB marketplace and give them away. Thank you. If I knew how to clean and dress them then they will be in a pot. L.O.L.
Thanks again.

 

[C Siena]

Thank you, and I also got 10 road Island Reds that are 14 weeks 3 days old, 8 hens 2 roosters. I got 4 Ameraucanas 18 weeks old 2 hens and 2 roosters. I will be glad to rehome 2 black copper maran roosters, 1 Ameraucana rooster. And when you say rehome do you mean give them away or sell them cheap. Because I would like to at least get $20 dollars for all 3 and I have a golden laced wynatt rooster I'll throw in also. I live in Shelbyville Tennessee, Unionville area. Scales Rd. If anyone is out my way.

You may be able to sell them easier as they are pure bred, though I'm guessing from a hatchery/farm store.

Check fb for local poultry/livestock groups near you. Many specify the county where most group members live. Also, if you are near any Amish or Mennonite communities, they may buy or trade (for pullets). Some have small animal sales during late spring/summer/early fall.
In a trade, "usually" it seems to be 2 cockerels for 1 pullet, it depends on what you have and what someone wants.

 

[C Siena]

Well I will give them away if someone wants them. I'll make a post on FB marketplace and give them away. Thank you. If I knew how to clean and dress them then they will be in a pot. L.O.L.
Thanks again.

It really isn't that difficult to do. I do not pluck but cut the skin, through the feathers and it pulls apart.

I use the organs to give to our dog and cat, as they are on a raw diet.

 

[William54]

You may be able to sell them easier as they are pure bred, though I'm guessing from a hatchery/farm store.

Check fb for local poultry/livestock groups near you. Many specify the county where most group members live. Also, if you are near any Amish or Mennonite communities, they may buy or trade (for pullets). Some have small animal sales during late spring/summer/early fall.
In a trade, "usually" it seems to be 2 cockerels for 1 pullet, it depends on what you have and what someone wants.

I have two and may get rid of three French Black Copper Maran's pure, and one Ameraucana pure, and one Golden Laced Wynatt, the BCM are 18 weeks 4 days old, Ameraucana is 17 weeks old and GLW is 16 weeks old. If anyone wants them they are more than welcome.

 

[C Siena]

I have two and may get rid of three French Black Copper Maran's pure, and one Ameraucana pure, and one Golden Laced Wynatt, the BCM are 18 weeks 4 days old, Ameraucana is 17 weeks old and GLW is 16 weeks old. If anyone wants them they are more than welcome.

Try these Forums
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/chickens-8-weeks-older.35/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/animals-in-need-of-free-re-homing.16182/
And Find your state thread, then post there also. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/find-your-states-or-your-countrys-thread.270925/

 

[BigBlueHen53]

You may be able to sell them easier as they are pure bred, though I'm guessing from a hatchery/farm store.

Check fb for local poultry/livestock groups near you. Many specify the county where most group members live. Also, if you are near any Amish or Mennonite communities, they may buy or trade (for pullets). Some have small animal sales during late spring/summer/early fall.
In a trade, "usually" it seems to be 2 cockerels for 1 pullet, it depends on what you have and what someone wants.

Ah. If there are Mennonites near you, you may be in luck. I take my cockerels to a Mennonite neighbor alive in a dog crate in the morning (I call first), and pick them up in the afternoon, dressed, packed, chilled and ready for the freezer. Although I actually refrigerate mine for 3 or 4 days before cooking or freezing as this tenderizes the meat. It gives it a chance for rigor mortis to set in and then pass. She charges me $2/ head and does a lovely, professional job.

 

[janiedoe]

No I don't, I have 30 in all and they free range all day and go into the barn at night. I have a big chicken barn. Everyone is between 15 weeks old and 18 weeks and 4 days old. I feed them all flock with 20% protein. As of yesterday I mixed one cup of layer feed to 3 cups of all flock. I make enough for them all to eat same amount every day. Is that ok.

I would not feed layer feed to my males, as ithe excesss calcium can cause kidney failure and gout as they get older.
I feed kalbach 20% flock maintainer and keep oyster shell calcium (for layers) and grit ( for digestion) available in seperate dishes.
You may have trouble if you don't seperate the males out until they establish their own pecking order. Even with plenty of hens, without an adult dominant rooster to control things, they will force themselves on the females. When one cockerel breeds a female the others will join in. The pullet or hen can be severely injured or killed.

 

[C Siena]

Ah. If there are Mennonites near you, you may be in luck. I take my cockerels to a Mennonite neighbor alive in a dog crate in the morning (I call first), and pick them up in the afternoon, dressed, packed, chilled and ready for the freezer. Although I actually refrigerate mine for 3 or 4 days before cooking or freezing as this tenderizes the meat. It gives it a chance for rigor mortis to set in and then pass. She charges me $2/ head and does a lovely, professional job.

Maybe Amish. The few Mennonite communities around us do not utilize phones. We cannot call them, only drive to them.