When feeding a sourdough starter, is the dough you remove a second starter?
When you remove half of your starter and replace with flour and water, is the removed dough a second culture? Like, could I feed it as well and have 2 starters?
The main reason you remove half of the starter before feeding is to cut down on the size of your starter and the amount you have to feed.
Yes, you can create a second starter with the removed half, but if your first batch is going strong

@ happens to me all the time. it's feeding my sourdough starter - an empty floursack sneaks up on you much faster.
I took a breadmaking class tonight. My sourdough starter requires quality time, feeding and watering every day. Um, it's gonna last one day.
Our schedule in the van for feeding the sourdough starter!
Of all the things I have poor memory for, it's the texture my sourdough starter should be after a feed. Digital scale feeding and so thick.