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goodolsurvival1
In the Brooder
- Jan 26, 2015
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The definition of “cull” is “to select”. Many people think it means “kill” but it really doesn’t. If you cull your birds, you remove them from your flock. That may mean you eat them, sell them, or give them away. It could even mean you just move them to another pen, such as separating chickens you don’t want to breed from your breeding flock. How you cull your flock just depends on your management practices. Your choice...
thanks, for use lower egg count ins't a big deal, we would just weed out those that start showing laying problems or egg count is way down. I guess when i was looking up about the buff orp there was some reviews stating after i think it was 4 they stopped laying all together, so i assumed all breeds were this way.