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I can see the value in auto-sexing dual purpose. The cockerels can be separated out and fed differently. The hens will be calmer without the males, and they can be fed for life long good health and laying health. The males can be pushed with higher protein to get them grown and in the freezer...

[[[[[..........a lot of people say start with "good birds", etc, etc, but few people tell where to get those good birds and what good birds are......]]]]]] Somewhere on BYC is a list of breeders, organized both by state and by breed. That would be a good place to start. What is a good bird...

I've got no quarrel with breeding projects. Just be aware that it is possible to take a pure breed of dual purpose and breed them to lay more eggs or to have a larger breast; all without going outside the breed. Improvements in a flock can be rather quick to obtain if you concentrate on it...

[[[.......also using south american breeds for heat tolerance......]]]] You do know that South America isn't any warmer than North America? Araucana come from the south of Chile which is rather close to Alaska in weather. I'd breed in a few Leghorns to try to capture that heavy laying gene...