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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Ace on August 02, 2011, 12:10:02 am

Title: warren cockerel
Post by: Ace on August 02, 2011, 12:10:02 am
right i have a few warrens and want to hatch a few eggs next year in my incubator,so i want  a
warren cockerel near south wales if possible thanks
Title: Re: warren cockerel
Post by: cluckingnuts on August 02, 2011, 06:51:08 am
Like all commercial egg laying birds, the males are killed on hatching.
Title: Re: warren cockerel
Post by: CrunchyKat on August 02, 2011, 07:41:32 am
I have 2 warren chicks that hatched yesterday, one male & one female, you're welcome to him in a few weeks if you'd like him. We're in Gower, Swansea btw.
Title: Re: warren cockerel
Post by: Rosemary on August 02, 2011, 07:47:19 am
I have 2 warren chicks that hatched yesterday, one male & one female, you're welcome to him in a few weeks if you'd like him. We're in Gower, Swansea btw.

Where did you get your warren eggs from?

Warrens are a hybrid - if you do get a warren cockerel and mate him with your warren hens, you won't get warrens - you'll get some sort of mixture. Hybrids don't breed true.
Title: Re: warren cockerel
Post by: CrunchyKat on August 02, 2011, 07:54:25 am
I have 2 warren chicks that hatched yesterday, one male & one female, you're welcome to him in a few weeks if you'd like him. We're in Gower, Swansea btw.

Where did you get your warren eggs from?

Warrens are a hybrid - if you do get a warren cockerel and mate him with your warren hens, you won't get warrens - you'll get some sort of mixture. Hybrids don't breed true.

Ah right, I was given hatching eggs by our local petting farm, they have what they are calling Warren cockerel and hens but I guess they aren't true Warrens then.