I’ve got some excellent breeders’ lines (silkies, faverolles and legbars) that were hatched a week or so ago. The eggs (now chicks)!all came from show breeders. I’ve read that there are really only 1/10 chicks hatched from good lines that are even good enough to show. I’m not sure what the percentage would be as breed-worthy. My guess is maybe 5/10or so? Anyway, once you have an established line, how many chicks of each variety or breed do you hatch out? Grow-out? And most importantly, for how long? The logistics of growing out 100 birds of a particular variety to get 10 show worthy birds just doesn’t seem practical. But I don’t know. Pic of my new coop and some of my new silkie chicks.