DnDFarm
Songster
I have to agree with you now. Serious breeding requires tough choices. Even if his fertility improves, he may produce slow-pokes too. Cut your losses and move on.
That's exactly my thinking. Now, with all of this being said, I am keeping a strong eye on Oz's chicks. He has the oldest of any I have hatched and several blues. He has 2 gorgeous young cockerels at least, and I really hope they don't leak. If they do, at least it narrows the possible carriers down to 4 girls. If not, Josh was an anomaly. He was the only one with leakage out of my original 8 boys