I giggled about your crowing from the pullet pen until I saw your sad face. Sorry for that.
I realize what you say about not all using peanuts (I've ordered from those who include zero extras ever) or not meatie breeds. I just meant them as possibilities. But I'm positive they feed them out at...
I'm not saying it's true one way or the other, but I could see a few reasons hatcheries wouldn't pursue...
They send the cockerels for meaties. They use them as "packing peanuts". They send them out to zoos, suffocated in a bag, to feed the animals (I used to volunteer at 1). Then what would...