I hope I didn't sound argumentative - I didn't mean to - I really was just interested to know what you meant. For the record, I really kind of agree with you. I don't handle mine with kid gloves either and they seem to do just fine. In the past couple of months I've hatched two small batches...
I'm not sure what you mean by he breeds them naturally?
I can think of a couple of possibilities:
1. You mean he lets the roosters mate with the hens rather than performing Artificial Insemination. If that was what you meant, I can't think that would make any difference in the health of the...
Well this is weird. Having never heard of Heartland Hatchery, even though it sounds like they are in my general vicinity, I googled them and came to this page: http://kansascity.citysearch.com/profile/5862263/amsterdam_mo/heartland_hatchery.html where it says CitySearch heard the hatchery...