I don't believe I'm mean for wanting to make sure that the animals God placed on this earth stay the way He made them.
"...in order to preserve what we have been given to provide and care for on this planet, and I believe part of that is making sure that animals aren't turned into something unrecognizable from what they were created to be."
THIS made me laugh. You're kidding right? God did not create breeds, we did. Humans decided they wanted an animal for a certain purpose a certain way and inbred the crap out of them until they looked and did what we wanted. You're actually doing the complete opposite...because nature doesn't take breed into consideration.
Culling (the killing kind) on the basis of perfection is totally unnecessary, unless it's for a deformity that affects the quality of life of the animal or the animal is aggressive. Not everyone hatches chicks and not everyone cares about breeds. If you have a chick that doesn't look right, find it a home where someone else will appreciate its existence. Don't call it a brahma, then it doesn't matter if it doesn't look perfect. There's more than one way to cull...just rehome them.
I think the reason your perspective has changed is because you've become so fixated on one aspect of chicken keeping that it's put your blinders on. No offense, but your few birds are not going to change the chicken world, and I don't think a few oddball birds are going to change the face of a breed. Again, sell them as mixes and they won't be considered a particular breed.
I think killing imperfect birds because they don't look the way you want is selfish and a complete waste of an animal. At least eat them or something or give them to someone else to eat.
And P.S. I personally love vulture hocks.
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