Great summary, and great questions.
I do think it is interesting that after all your experiments of bucking the "best practices" that you ended up with "best practices" pretty much what we were already saying.
Being able to have mentor chicks and flock integration is definitely far more natural. However, be aware that it does not always work out that way, especially if you bring in different color birds to a monocultural flock.
I do think it is interesting that after all your experiments of bucking the "best practices" that you ended up with "best practices" pretty much what we were already saying.
Being able to have mentor chicks and flock integration is definitely far more natural. However, be aware that it does not always work out that way, especially if you bring in different color birds to a monocultural flock.