She's pretty.
Sorry to hear the others are all roosters.
The hatchery that I ordered my pullet chicks from offered older pullets closer to laying age.
Will you order or buy local
She's pretty.
Sorry to hear the others are all roosters.
The hatchery that I ordered my pullet chicks from offered older pullets closer to laying age.
Will you order or buy local
Well I was looking at tractor supply the other day. Supplies and half a dozen sexed female chicks ($3.50 a pop) would be about $65. Larger pullets are $10-20 locally (within an hour). I haven't decided yet. I'm leaning toward 5 larger pullets just to save the time and learning curve of raising chicks, but the economy of the chicks is still really appealing.
I'll need to decide and act within the next few weeks before the store stops selling chicks til spring.
They are easy to raise so don't let that worry you. Even easier if you let the hen do the work. Lol
Benefits to both
The big plus with chicks in my opinion is you can teach them to be handled and friendly. Comes in real handy if you have to administer first aid.
And easier to teach where you want them to roost.
Adding larger birds requires a gradual introduction you can just put them together.
I can't anyway my big bruisers would kill a strange new hen if I just dropped her in there.
They are serious about the pecking order business.
So that's why I chose chicks
But with the larger pullets you will get eggs Alot faster.