Beekissed- Not sugar coating advice and being helpful without insulting the poster can go hand in hand. The opinion that TheDragonLady offered was just not your opinion. I thought all OT were contributing given their vast experience. Perhaps the poster can make up their own mind.
Thank you. So a rooster's reproductive peak is in his first year or two and possibly a hen's her first year? I realize that they would be older to judge type. I also read somewhere to evaluate progeny before any culling also. Is this still a common practice for some?
When some hens and cocks are kept for breeding, when is their peak year? Another words, when in their lifespan would they not be quite mature enough or too old?
I love homeopathic methods (now)! I learned as a child never to admit to having an ailment near my grandmother. She would go to her garden and whip up a remedy. Boy, as a child I just wanted something store bought like all the "other kid's moms" were given. Now, I wish I had paid more...