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  1. S

    Feeling awful for culling my rooster

    Last night I made a decision to cull my first rooster. He was about 2 1/2 years old and I hatched them from eggs to start my first flock. I made the decision because he wasn’t backing down from fighting with his brother (same age) and another rooster who is just over a year old. They got along...
  2. Thorn_shrike

    I feel awful for culling a rooster I recently got

    Today I made the decision to cull a rooster I got about a month before. I feel so bad because if I hadn’t gotten him he would still be at his old home managing hens. The woman I got him from did not want him back (way too many roos already). There were a few reasons I decided we couldn’t keep...
  3. Everlastinghoop

    First cull today. Question about processing issue

    So I did it. My self, my hubs helped with prep and making sure to be extra hands etc......but I did it! And this was a hybrid roo from our first Batch of our own babies from our first Cochin and all his four ladies We mail ordered last Sept, anyways, I incubated 22 eggs after our surprise roo...
    • Everlastinghoop
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    • culling culling questions first cull first culling help with first cull hybrid rooster processing processing question rooster three months old cockerel
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    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  4. The Deed is Done - My flock is now at peace.

    The Deed is Done - My flock is now at peace.

    Well, today I finally did what I have been dreading for months: cull my first bird. With my last shipment of 22 chicks I received in April, plus the additional four I purchased at TSC, as luck would have it I wound up with three (count them, three) accidental cockadoodle roos. That gave me a...
    • Mimi13
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    • aggressive behavior chicken casserole first culling mean cockerel respectful harvest
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Meat Birds & Processing
  5. Mimi13

    The Deed is Done

    Well, today I finally did what I have been dreading for months: cull my first bird. With my last shipment of 22 chicks I received in April, plus the additional four I purchased at TSC, as luck would have it I wound up with three (count them, three) accidental cockadoodle roos. That gave me a...
    • Mimi13
    • Thread
    • aggressive behavior first culling mean cockerel respectful chicken harvest
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
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