What can I do with a Hybrid Cockerel (except eat it)????

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Hi I have quite a few hybrid cockerels they are still young at 12 weeks but I ma not sure what to do with them?? 'i know I can eat them but what else can I do? I am going to put them in with my Rhode Island Reds and Light Sussex hens soon!

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Re: What can I do with a Hybrid Cockerel (except eat it)????
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2010, 17:11 »
sorry but there isn't much call for hybrid cockerels  :(
Staffies are softer than you think.

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Re: What can I do with a Hybrid Cockerel (except eat it)????
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2010, 18:52 »
Apart from eating them as said there is little you can do. I've a chap locally that takes the bodies way as he is a keen maker or fishing hook/lures for fly fishing and certain feathers (the cape i belive) are of value to him. At least the cockerel has been of a small use.

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Re: What can I do with a Hybrid Cockerel (except eat it)????
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2010, 20:01 »
ok thanks i guess I will be having chicken 4 tea in a few months!!!

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Re: What can I do with a Hybrid Cockerel (except eat it)????
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2010, 16:41 »
If they're Rhode Island x Light Sussex hybrids, that's a Goldline, isn't it, which is a recognised breed?

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Re: What can I do with a Hybrid Cockerel (except eat it)????
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2010, 23:22 »
Hybrid hens are bred for laying eggs, the cockerels are worth nothing as you can't breed from them to get a recognised breed.  Even pure bred cockerels are hard to sell now, best we can do is re-home them, but a few months bck we had to cull 19 of our boys because we couldn't find homes for them all.



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