chicken breeding

  1. M

    Polish breeding project with tolbunt rooster

    So we picked up a frizzle polish rooster at an auction a couple months ago. We couldn’t pass him up as he was a beautiful color and was being picked on and missing feather. This is the first o have ever owned polish chickens but he has made me fall in love. He is the sweetest rooster we have...
  2. RhymeOrReason

    Hypothetical Project - Creating a Dinosaur-like Chicken

    This is technically hypothetical, but I’d love to see it happen in reality! (Albeit as long as precautions were taken to prevent insane inbreeding and health issues) Alright, so the goal would be to emulate the look of theropods as closely as possible through breeding alone, meaning that they...
  3. B

    Rooster started to crow

    We have 10 older hens over a year old and then 30 pullets about 3-4 months olds. A leghorn rooster just crowed for the first time this morning does that mean that he has started to breed then hens or not. We have a hen that has been broody and sitting on nothing for the past 3 months and I...
  4. Debofoxford

    I'm an old member just never posted before.We have kept chickens for 20I've been getting fantastic info from BYC for 10 years but I've never posted.We

    I'm Deb in Oxford UK. We have kept chickens for 20 years and although I've been getting fantastic info from BYC for 10 years I've never posted. My husband and I have bred Jersey Giants, Buffs, Brahmas plus bantams, silkies, leghorns. We love JGs because they are intelligent and calm and the...
  5. lima2019

    Novice

    I hope that everyone can exchange ideas about the breeding methods of livestock chickens and some equipment needed for breeding. I hope everyone can take care of them.:thumbsup
  6. Arcadian Orchard

    Arcadian Orchard

    Several years ago we moved away from the urban grind sort of lifestyle and took up "Homesteading" on a little spot of ground that we call "Arcadian Orchard"... building our own little version of Eden where we garden, raise poultry and pigs and cook up big piles of food. The more food we can grow...
    • mandelyn
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    • 5 min read
    • chicken breeding dual purpose heritage chickens rare chickens turkeys
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  7. Karissa Doty

    New homesteader- Breeding Chicks in Shasta county

    Hi friends! I am new to this site. I'm a mom of 4 kids (Twins & a disabled 5 year old). I live in North of Northern California LOL. (Shasta County) to be specific. I bought about 10 baby chicks this last spring at TSC and our local feed store. Then I bought a few more from a friend (who I met at...
    • Karissa Doty
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    • chicken breeding homestead blogger laws new homesteader northern california regulations selling chicks shasta county
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  8. ReseisCL16

    Wanted: Chicken Breeding 101

    I have been thinking about starting to breed Rosecomb bantams and I have absolutely no idea how to start! I have already obtained 2 high quality hens from a breeder. What kind of housing should I set up? Are there any breeds that would be best for a novice breeder? Any help would be...
  9. First Breeding Experience

    First Breeding Experience

    Hello Everyone! A few weeks ago I posted some photos of a new rooster that I bought from a local farm and an Olive Egger hen whose eggs I wanted to hatch. I admit, I am interested in green and blue eggs. My chickens are not pure breed chickens. I study up on correlations and genetics and I...
    • Michelle Cousineau
    • Article
    • 3 min read
    • backyard chickens black copper marans blue eggs chicken breeding ester egger maine chickens michelle cousineau olive egger olive eggs wild type
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