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What happens to all the male chickens in the UK as there is only one rooster per breeding chicken farm?
HWyatt2426
You assume there is only one per farm. An incorrect assumption. Small breeding farms with flocks of less than 20 hens may keep one rooster but a single rooster can often only manage 15 to 25 hens daily. Most large breeding farms will keep a selection of quality male birds.
Commercial breed farms with Grandparent flocks (specially selected strains) actually supply both fertile eggs and chicks. As breeder flocks approach sexual maturity (18-20 weeks), they are transferred to laying sheds, which are similar to rearing sheds but include banks of elevated nest boxes. Most sheds provide one nest for every five hens. Usually the sheds have one male to every ten breeder hens.
Cockerels that fail to meet the standards set for each strain are culled. On less intensive operations, males are raised for meat.
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