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How did the processing go? Is the flock dynamic improving?
The kill cone didn't get here until yesterday, and my husband is insisting on learning with me. We'll be dispatching of them today. I've kept the boys cooped with the exception of the Fayoumi, who keeps to himself and doesn't bother the ladies at all. I don't think he even knows he's a boy. The hens have been much happier with the boys rounded up.
I went to visit a friend here in the county yesterday afternoon who has a small hatchery for heritage breeds. He showed me some pointers in sexing chicks by feathers at an early age, so that stores, etc. are less able to take advantage of me in the future in not knowing how to tell them apart. That will be a big help. I'm not one of these people that can go into a farm/hardware store where they have chicks nearly dead from pasty-butt and just turn a blind eye. I've never understood why they'd spend the money to order in chicks to sell, and then not take care of them when they start pasting up - just to let them die. That would be a waste of money IMHO. But at least now I've got a decent understanding of sexing by feathers so I can be sure I'm "saving" hens and not wind up in the same boat again.