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  1. Coffee N Chickens

    Advice on culling to creating good, strong breeding stock. Am I a monster?

    That place was in easy driving distance, and I liked not having to worry about shipping stress. Picking them out was great. I got to physically examine the chicks and pick the ones I liked. They closed in May and never reopened. Too bad, with a few changes (meaning implementing biosecurity)...
  2. Coffee N Chickens

    Advice on culling to creating good, strong breeding stock. Am I a monster?

    Agreed. My worst newbie mistake was going to a new local startup hatchery to buy chicks. You just walked in the door, chose the chicks, paid for them, and left. Those chicks were sick. All but 2 died, and the singleton that I bought them to grow up with died, too. Young chicks from a...
  3. Coffee N Chickens

    Advice on culling to creating good, strong breeding stock. Am I a monster?

    I have to disagree with you. Taking sick chickens to a rescue would be exposing the others to whatever is wrong, and is likely to result in more deaths and illness than culling the two ill ones. And a rescue might refuse to take sick ones.
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