Back in April, we purchased six chicks to add to our chicken flock. Our intentions was to raise additional hens for egg production. Some of our older hens are three years old and slowing down a bit with egg production. We purchased straight run chicks. that means, you get what you get. It is hard to tell the sex of a chick when they are just born. (Can you believe these guys used to look like this in this post?)
Would you believe that FOUR out of the six chicks are roosters? I don’t think we should play the lottery anytime soon! Over the last few weeks the roosters have become aggressive. They have attacked Capt. M and myself. They are also attacking the older hens and kicking them out of the coop. So these bad boys have to go!
I will spare you all of the details, but hubby has had his first experience with preparing roosters for eating. The benefit is we know exactly what these chickens have eaten – no hormones or antibiotics!
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