Are these boys or girls?

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Hi folks

I bought these two light sussex as day old chicks but am beginning to think they might both be boys :-)09
They are becomming quite aggressive too

Any ideas anyone?
 
Oh dear! Are boys easy to re home? We can't keep boys where we live. We have a rhode island red bantam the same age and she definately looks like a girl
 
sunkisser said:
Oh dear! Are boys easy to re home? We can't keep boys where we live. We have a rhode island red bantam the same age and she definately looks like a girl
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Not really. :| you could try here? https://www.facebook.com/groups/cockereltrader/
 
Strong chunky legs, tails with green longish feathers, signs of a chap. What beauties though.......
Don't know where you are, but there is a lady in Tadley who rehomes for a £5 apiece.
 
Look like boys to me as well Sunkisser. Upright stance, prominent tail feathers, large comb and wattles for age, spurs showing. It would be really easy to spot if you had a hen as well of course- a problem we've had in the past. Might start crowing in the next week. Good looking chaps.
 
Please - can I ask that you don't advertise them as FTGH? :( Anyone looking for a cockeral for breeding will be prepared to pay. And be cautious with places offering apparent re-homing services. Ask what happens to the cockerals in the long term. (Pretty please)

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Echo CPL post, sometimes these rehoming sites will seem like a good idea,indeed in a lot of cases they are! However equally likely this will be one situation where there is such a thing as a "free lunch" or worse.
 
I'm not trolling or flaming.g, but is there anything wrong with eating unwanted cockerels or have I got the wrong end of the stick? You have to assume that whenever you hatch or buy day olds, you have a 50/50 chance of cockerels. What do we do with them? Lots of garden hen keepers can't keep cockerels.... It's the same with milk production. Bull calves are often slaughtered as they're unwanted.
I know its an emotive subject, but am just interested in the differing opinions. I would like to raise table birds, but am facing opposition from my family:???:
 
I don't have a problem with eating home-grown cockerals. (Very flavoursome! :) ) My concerns about 'FTGH' and 'rehoming' are based on

a) People could be led to believe their cockerals are going to a permanent pet or breeder home, when they will actually be sold on for finishing and then eating.
b) Even worse, end up in illegal cock/dog fighting. :twisted:
 
Yes, I've heard exactly the same thing as CPL and Foxy and advertised ours as wanting a contribution to the rearing costs. Both new owners were happy to pay. One was delivered (Preloved and not known to us so we wanted to see where he would be living) and one collected, as we knew the person well. We also sold them on the proviso that we would call in to see how they were doingin the future. They both had names when they left , which the new owners kept, and both have been visited and are doing fine now. Spike had his name on a plaque over the coop door!
 
I do not see why not to eat your homegrown cockrels as the quality of meat is much better than supermarkets.I'm also against giving them away for free as this can lead to the problem CPL mentioned .If there is genuie person who want a cockrel they pay reasabnle amount of money and this make geting them and eating anyway for free.People looking for a chance like this.If you ask for £10-£15 thats make for them not worth it and by doing this you may be able to find a genuine new home for them.
 
Gosh, do people really do cockfighting still? I know about dogfighting, fostered a staff once who'd been a fighter. How horrible...
 
Yes I heard that some breeders have to keep they location very secret as people stealing birds from them.I may read this on Practical Poultry Asil,Malay,Shamo,English Game and Modern Game breeds are afected.Shame realy beatiful birds.
 
Spoke to a breeder at last years show who had just had stolen 20 bantam cockerels. They use them to build up the confidence of their fighting cocks. The Police were completely disinterested.

On Molteasers point. For almost every hen there is a dead cockerel, either killed at hatching, killed at showing 8 weeks, or killed for the table at 26 weeks 'ish. A point often overlooked by poultry keepers, including us, until we started breeding.

I hope your cockerels find a good home Sunkisser.
 
-____be careful as CPL points out there are people who charge for ' rehoming' ----sadly I fear in many cases you pay for them to dispatch the birds.That is fine if they are doing you a service openly but NOT if they dishonestly claim to rehome then dispatch them . I am happy to offer occasional ,favourite, tiny bantams(only) as FTGH on forum (only) but
am VERY fussy about where they go to .Much fairer (if sad) to dispatch yourself than have them face a grim/uncertain future. Just my thoughts! In reply to Moll--surely any culled birds are better used as food rather than wasted ?. Having said that I am virtually a non meat eater ,just hate wasting anything- I certainly couldn't eat my own birds !,Ros
 
They have now been re homed at a lovely small holding a few miles away :) Thanks for the help folks xxx
 
Glad they've found a happy home. In reply to podstable..yep, I think they should be eaten if they're culled...I love meat, but font eat too much, would like to raise my own.
 
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