Would you cull a roo with this horrid poo?

[silkiechicken]

Not everyone is a pet chicken raiser here, so culling is a fact of raising them as livestock. Nothing is wrong with that. Chickens are not dogs to some people, shoot, dogs are not pets to some cultures. It is part of the diversity on the board and something we all have to take into consideration.

 

[CluckyJay]

I'm pretty hard with the culling too. Gotta have a natural resistance to the parasites/illness around here to make it in our flock.

 

[braindead101]

culling does not mean kill, it means to remove the animal from your farm. Maybe find it a new home, etc.

 

[Hyline]

Well the question was would I cull him - no - I would worm him, adjust his diet and then take him to the vet to see if it was something simply fixed first. I would do this for any animal. It does upset me that a life would be taken without some attempt to treat first, sorry if that offends, but I was quite shocked .. not trying to be horrible, I just love chickens is all.

 

[Yoke]

I'm still looking for a vet that charges less than $5.

Sometimes it is just economics.

 

[7L Farm]

I agree everybody is different. I have a flock that was terrible they picked each others feathers to no end they looked terrible.This went on for over a year. Everyone told me to cull. I didn't want to because they were still young & good egg layers. I tried everything to stop this behaviour. I finally culled the roo & low & behold my flock has come back around & looks good & back to laying again. Glad I didn't cull I need all the eggs I can get.

 

[galanie]

Just to clarify, I'm sure the culling statement was directed at the OP but in case it was toward anyone who mentioned doing so, I didn't cull because he needed medical treatment. He got medical treatment and it did no good. But that wasn't the only reason, also for those "other undesirable traits" that I wont' elaborate on. The other 12 birds sure are a lot happier now.