BabalugatsJust bought an incubator.. Now what?
TragicNotCuteI’m curious as a non-homesteader what your plan for the males is? In a commercial setting, the males are discarded/killed en masse because they are problematic and undesirable. Curious what you’re thinking. Killing baby chicks at home seems rough for me personally.
I hadn’t thought about that… 😐 😳 I mean, I obviously knew that they could be male or female, but hadn’t thought about problematic males and what to do with them. I will ask the person I purchase the fertilised eggs from, if they have any options to take them or whatever.
Just so you know, baby chickens are generally sexed at a very young age and the males are discarded. You can’t eat them and you can’t have more than one in a flock. I suspect you will find no one wants them unfortunately.