Okay, upon inspecting my 5 day old chicks tonight, well I handle all of them every night for 1 minute a piece since I have 31 of them, I do pester them all day long with changing the water and adding feed, stirring the shavings, talking to them and petting them but since they are getting bigger and a little calmer they will stand in my hand for inspection each night and I noticed, sadly, very sadly that one of them has a very slight and mild cross beak, it crop is full and it is pooping and acting very healthy, actually one of my bigger babies too, my question is...Do I need to Cull this baby? Is this genetic and can it be passed to offspring? If not I believe it will do just fine in life but I do not want to be breeding bad traits if it happens to be one of my hens.
Please advise, I'm concerned and don't know what to do.
Thank you!
Please advise, I'm concerned and don't know what to do.
Thank you!
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