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Hi folks,
I was contemplating the idea to start breeding a small sellection of various chickens i.e. Brahmas, Cochins, Orpingtons (about 10 - 15 Breeds in total), but unsure as to what to do with the number of Cocks that would be produced? No doubt some could be sold on but not all! So what do breeders do with surplus Cocks...... other than cull them?

All advice welcomed.

John.

Often or not breeders cull them. Bigger breeders have 2 pens of the same bird but with different blood lines. In a hatch often than not their are same amount of girls than boys. The bigger breeders grow the ofspring up seperatly and depending on numbers from the different pens they sell them as breeding pairs or trios. This can get confusing but it solves the problem of to many cockerels. The best solution is breed small amounts and sell them as chicks. Or even better just sell hatching eggs. I hope this helps.

Hi john, Not many people want cockerels, they may keep a few large breeds for meat, you may get rid of a few buy selling your birds as trio,s but mostly you will have to kill them. As the saying goes, If you can,t dispatch them, Don,t hatch them. All the best.