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Boys Boys Boys
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 2:52 pm
by kenya
Well in my one group of growouts, old enough to tell ,a group of 13 it looks like I have 3 pullets!!!
Oh my goodness, how do I do it, I sold about 100 chicks and probably kept all the males. I kept about 50 chicks , the rest are too young to tell yet.
Who does that? Clearly I do!
One lady told me that from a group of 8 she got 8 pullets, I picked for her.
Re: Boys Boys Boys
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 3:22 pm
by Killerbunny
I have from my 26 turkey growouts maybe 3 or 4 females. The 6 I sold as 3 day olds were mostly male too.
Re: Boys Boys Boys
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 4:13 pm
by kenya
Killerbunny wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2019 3:22 pm
I have from my 26 turkey growouts maybe 3 or 4 females. The 6 I sold as 3 day olds were mostly male too.
Oh my ! Thankgiving is coming up!
Maybe it's a boy year, I hope not, I still have about 30 too young to tell.
Re: Boys Boys Boys
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 4:45 pm
by JimW
Killerbunny wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2019 3:22 pm
I have from my 26 turkey growouts maybe 3 or 4 females. The 6 I sold as 3 day olds were mostly male too.
Wow that is a crazy amount of boys, definitely sounds like you will be eating well for Thanks Giving, American Thanks Giving, Christmas....
Re: Boys Boys Boys
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 5:20 pm
by Killerbunny
10 culls go tomorrow.
Re: Boys Boys Boys
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 5:43 pm
by Jaye
You seem to have about the same ratio as we have with our quail. Not quite, but close. Still some males in the hen tractor, but too late now to put them in with the rest in the bachelor pen. DH and I will be putting on our big girl and boy pants this weekend and harvesting for the freezer. I hope those pants still fit. Or maybe I don't.
It's hard though because we have some really nice coloration on many of the boys. I was so hoping they'd be girls. The males still in the tractor, with the exception of one or two, are just too hard on the girls.
Re: Boys Boys Boys
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 5:48 pm
by Kbr42
My last hatch 3 pullets out of 3.
However, I have hatched way more boys this year than girls. My guess is 3:1 boys to girls......lol
Re: Boys Boys Boys
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 7:07 pm
by Killerbunny
Are those the tinies I saw? Adorable.
Re: Boys Boys Boys
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 7:58 pm
by Flat Rock Farm
Sounds like you have the same curse as I do
I hatched out 18 boys and 9 girls
Hope you can re-home them and your next batch is all girls
Re: Boys Boys Boys
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 8:58 pm
by Kbr42
Killerbunny wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2019 7:07 pm
Are those the tinies I saw? Adorable.
Yep! Those are them! Very happy with how they are growing out. They are 18 weeks.
