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  1. Red Mangrove

    Either my hens are crowing... or the hatchery sold us straight run.

    I've traded and swapped chickens many times in a single, large outdoor flock for years and I've never had any issues from it. I think biosecurity only matters when people make it matter by having unnatural, sterile environments and sickly birds in ivory towers
  2. Red Mangrove

    Either my hens are crowing... or the hatchery sold us straight run.

    The second any inbreeding occurs I would imagine it'll flare up again. That just means a single generation gap
  3. Red Mangrove

    Either my hens are crowing... or the hatchery sold us straight run.

    I would recommend re-homing or eating all of the dark males, and keeping the one lavender roo. Lavender and black are the same gene, so you would probably get beautiful mixes in the future that way
  4. Red Mangrove

    Either my hens are crowing... or the hatchery sold us straight run.

    8/10 dark birds are roos 1/2 lavender are roo. Right one has obvious sickle feathers developing
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