breeding chickens

Cornish cross hybrids grow fast how long dose it take for them to mature and lay eggs . Want to breed a hen with a Marans too see if I can make a nice meat bird .

What breeds can I cross to get a real breed that is not a barnyard mix?

I am new to breeding chickens. I have two Light Brahma hens that are about 7 months old, I just wanna know when is the appropriate age for my Brahmas to have baby chicks???

I've got a handful of roosters I would like to sell. They are giant cochins, a few that are solid red, and few that are mainly red with some black tail feathers. The black feathered roo's are still pure giant cochin, but they are of a red hen and a black cochin rooster. They were all incubated...

Hey I am trying to breed my Jap bantams. I put some eggs in the incubator and they look infertile wondering how to make my rooster fertile. I have seen him try to mate but no eggs are fertile any advice? Thanks!

Hey everyone! I’m new to the chicken world and I find chicken genetics to be super interesting but also confusing. I’ve tried doing research online about genetics of feathering and egg shell color but sometimes I read opposing statements on different websites. My question is: does anyone know of...

hi all, I’m new here. My name is Meyer, my husband and I live with our two children in northern Italy. We have had chickens for about 7 years, in a very low maintenance sort of way. The chickens have two sheds open to them and a large garden area where they run. We leave their shed doors...

My buff brahma, Caramel, had bred my barred rock hen. I have heard how long it takes before the eggs are fertile, but I would like some insight or more knowledge about the breeding and how long it usually is before the egg is fertile. I like to raise some baby :jumpy and hope to have some of...

I have my own personal flock of Sapphire Gems with both males and females. Although i have a few questions as i dive into this more extensively. Anyone one know what makes up the breed? What are they originally crossed with? Is this a breed particularly like the ISA Brown, sex-able based on...

this will read like a statement but I’m just looking for input Breed Male to Female then Male back to daughter and or hen back to son - keep records - mark your fowl - cull all defects - this is an example of line breeding Brother Sister matings to set the trait but you must cull ruthlessly -...

I have 4 hens and a rooster. 1 hen is a silkie and the other 3, including the roo, are of the same father but different mother's. Would it be okay to mate my roo with his half sisters? I got them from my mom's flock who she incubated some eggs from. The hens lay very good and big eggs. And the...

Hello all, I am fairly new to chicken genetics and how feather color is expressed. From what I understand, a black silkie would have 2 recessive black genes (bl/bl). White is a little bit of a wild card it's a recessive white (c) that turns off the colors so it's paired with another color...

Hello fellow chicken people! I've been scouring this site for a long time. All of you are such a wonderful community and a great source of information! So I finally decided to become a part of it. Here's a little novel about our chicken adventure. I'm fairly new to chickens. We first got...

I've been raising hens for three years now and have gotten to the point of wanting to add a rooster to the flock to try and produce chicks of my own. I'm planning on keeping the new rooster in a separate enclosure directly next to the girls so they get acquainted. Question is, after that, what...