Yeah, poor Dorothy. I’ll do my best with her, but she’s probably my last high-production breed. You saw that my other (Brown) Leghorn, Margo, had chronic EYP, right? It’s such a bummer, because their personalities are awesome.
I understand this, all too well. I’m hoping with outcrossing to be able to avoid this in my girls offspring. Working from where I’m at from a breeding perspective... for sustainability, not super high production or a SOP in a particular breed. Poor chickens, all we can do is give them the best care, and lives we can. It’s our hearts that get broken, but they only see our love and kindness, so in the end I think it’s worth it. Though I won’t ever be seeking these breeds out either, I can harden my heart to take them in, knowing I’m going to cry, and miss them awfully, and make the hardest decision ever sometimes, but that they will have better lives, if I need to, I can.I agree. They have some of the best personalities. They just kill themselves laying eggs.