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  • From: Lisa Perry <lkvp AT floydva.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Sexing chickens
  • Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:35:52 -0500

Gene GeRue wrote:


We bought from Murray McMurray last summer and ordered 25 hens in a straight run order.


Straight run means the chicks are unsexed and you take your chances. If you want all females, you order females.

Murray McMurray sends the exotics to seduce people into becoming chicken fanciers, as opposed to raising them for food. If yours is the latter purpose, drown the exotics upon arrival.

I apologize, I meant we ordered all females. Drown them? Oh my. My boys were there when we opened the box, I can't imagine drowning them--but less violent than what we may have to do.






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