How old till they can be sold?

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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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How old till they can be sold?

Post by CCBIRDDOGMAN » Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:53 am

I have a friend wanting to start a coop, I have four babies in nests right now & have too many birds so I was going to give the 4 babies to him, when are they old enough to let go? As soon as they fly down from nest? Reason I'm not sure is (other that just being a newbie to homers), i've always noticed even after they fly down dad bird still feeds them some. I don't want to let them go too soon.
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ezzy333
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Re: How old till they can be sold?

Post by ezzy333 » Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:07 am

Somewhere around 21 days. They need to be eating a little on their own along with still being fed.
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Re: How old till they can be sold?

Post by CCBIRDDOGMAN » Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:34 am

Thank you very much.
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Re: How old till they can be sold?

Post by KwikIrish » Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:14 am

We send them off when the "armpit" area is feathered out (no longer has skin showing).
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