sootem Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 I am curious about the following: What happens to all the baby cockerels given that few of us seem to be able to have one because of noise issues? Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happybunny Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Last year I hatched some pekin bantam eggs in an incubator and all 3 that hatched were cockerels. I was really fond of them so I kept one ( I have only one neighbour), kept one at the school where I work and one was sadly got by a fox. My friend says she will get her husband to dispatch the unwanted cockerel chicks and I think some people eat theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sootem Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 OH dear, how sad. I couldn't eat my pet Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckmomma Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 (edited) Going by what I have read on other forums... despatched and disposed of Raised for the table given to local farms or other poultry keepers who want them Taken out and just released kept and put in low dark box at night (sometimes under stairs or in cuboard) to prevent early morning crowing Sold to pet shops as food for snakes etc I am sure the list is endless I had a cockeral years ago, and he was put in a dark box around 6pm till aroun 9.30 am, it worked fine, my neighbour and I loved to hear him crow during the day so we were happy, don't know about the rest of the neighbourhood tho Edited May 18, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 OH dear, how sad. I couldn't eat my pet Susan me neither I couldn't rear animals for my table at all, I get too attached to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLK69 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 hadn't really thought about bring a cockeral indoors during the night what a top idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Sadly, for every hybrid hen that is bred for either the farmers or for our gardens, at least one cockerel chick has had to be disposed of. They are usually sexed at hatching and the boys are gassed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 hadn't really thought about bring a cockeral indoors during the night what a top idea It doesn't always stop them crowing...even the merest chink of light will set them off. They have to be put in a low box so that they can't extend their necks to crow. Some consider it cruel. Also....they don't just crow once to greet the dawn...they crow all day long, Not conducive to good neighbour relations if you live in a cul de sac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
