What I plan to do with all my offspring is hatch many as possible. Then as chicks hatch I would move them to the brooder. When they are ready to be moved to the grow out pen I can cull obvious defects such as duck toe rye tail anything that’s making itself apparent at that young of an age then keep them in the community grow out pen until they’re about 6 months old cull anymore obvious defects, and then start separating the stags once they start to pick at each other. Then 18 to 24 months old I will select my brood fowl. Obviously not all the eggs will hatch and not all the chicks will make it to maturity so that will also help make it more manageable of a number. And like Kenny always says just hatch as many as you can manage and afford and after you’ve reached your limit stop. But I do understand that it’s very tempting to just hatch as many as you possibly can. Good luck!
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