Are Haremhorn loli-culling standards relaxed in certain circumstances? Maybe when resources are plentiful so they don't mind keeping them around, or in dangerous times when they need as many eggs as they can crank out?
Egg laying and egg patterns change according to the stresses the herd is placed under. When food is short, fewer total eggs are laid and a lower proportion of those eggs are energy-intensive musclehorns and hornmothers. When musclehorns are killed (usually from battle) more a greater proportion of musclehorns are produced, etc.
The actual culling practices of the haremhorns don't change much, but there's a little wiggle room, especially if the smallhorn is a hornmother. They'll let things like slightly curly hair or a slightly unusual horns through the door. A slightly defective musclehorn is just not worth keeping around, sadly -- too energy intensive and it won't pull its own weight. And a defective haremhorn underperforming in her caretaking duties would seriously harm the herd -- that can't be allowed.
The actual culling practices of the haremhorns don't change much, but there's a little wiggle room, especially if the smallhorn is a hornmother. They'll let things like slightly curly hair or a slightly unusual horns through the door. A slightly defective musclehorn is just not worth keeping around, sadly -- too energy intensive and it won't pull its own weight. And a defective haremhorn underperforming in her caretaking duties would seriously harm the herd -- that can't be allowed.