Here's what I've gotten so far from my 8 week old birds. Started with 20 and ended up with 10 girls and 10 boys. Culled and processed 8 boys tonight. I've gotten 4 eggs so far. I hope for more now that the ratio of boys\\girls has gotten better.
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