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I value broody hens, and birds who can continue laying eggs as they get older. Every bird here doesn't live to get old, some move elsewhere, most cockerels of course don't stay, and we've had a couple of bad episodes of predation. Favorites do stay as long as possible though! And I necropsy...

And those birds were from hatcheries. A few of our shortest lived birds came from private breeders, BTW. Mary

Very few breeders, hatcheries included, select for longevity. it's most economical to breed chickens at one year of age, rarely up to eighteen months, or two years. So, this practice does nothing to select for birds who can do well past three! And this is irrelevant to having birds with poor...