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I don't quarantine hatchery chicks. Maybe my trust is misplaced, but those hatcheries are businesses and they follow pretty strict biosecurity protocols. What diseases are you all worried about hatchery chicks passing on to your flock? My hatchery chicks go into the brooder in the barn. It's...

I was with you right up until the bolded part. Cornish cross chicks come from the same hatcheries as layer or ornamental chicks. I guess all major hatcheries could be considered "factories", but they're pretty big on bio security and I don't see how CX chicks would be exposed to anything the...

Pluckers do look like they'd bruise the crap out of your meat, until you understand the butchering process. First you kill and bleed the bird out, draining all the blood. Since the blood is drained, there's nothing to cause a bruise when those rubber fingers hit the carcass. If you've not...