breeding

  1. T

    HOMEGROWN: Starting and Maintaining a Sustainable Meat Bird Flock

    Good afternoon, Like many of you I am sure, after growing Cornish cross chicks for the first time I thought to myself, this can't be the best way. So on went my search that brought me to birds like the "Freedom Ranger" and "Ginger Broilers". For me, they were everything I was looking for in a...
  2. J

    Recommendation for Male for Sex Link Breeding

    Somewhat new to chicken breeding but getting more serious for next year. This year I have been breeding some BYM chicks, but im wanting to switch to sex links for next year so im looking into what crosses I should invest in. I am already planning on having a small setup of Black stars (Rhode...
  3. Chicken_Trainer2007

    Can a regular silkie feather chickens produce a satin silkie?

    I couldn’t find any information about this online so I was wondering if you bred a regular show silkie to a satin silkie and kept a regular silkie feathered chick from the pair, wound that chick produce satins in his/her offspring making the silkie you held back “het satin” or will it just...
  4. le_bwah

    Science Spiel: Broody Quail Hens and Selecting for Motherhood

    I'm running a little "eggsperiment," letting eggs build up to see where the hens prefer to lay. Three other hens have gone broody in the meanwhile since my girl Janey started sitting, and I've had to break all 3 (not enough partitions for that many protective mamas). But I noticed that the hens...
    • le_bwah
    • Thread
    • breeding broodiness coturnix quail scince
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Quail
  5. Beau plus penny

    Splash cochin hen and black laced wyandotte rooster baby

    So my splash cochin died recently and I have been incubating her egg she left behind and I was wondering if anyone else has done a cochin x wyandotte cross. I'm super curious about what the little one will look like. If anyone has an pictures that would be cool. I'll also show pictures of the...
  6. The Sniper

    Genetics question

    How do you know the genetic makeup of your birds If I buy 5 buff orps from each of the 3 major hatcheries in the area, Cackle, Hoover, and Murray, and buy 5 buff orps from a random breeder guy in Texas, how do I know what are the recessive traits in the birds Will they all be the same...
  7. Smoothann

    White leghorn chicks presenting with black spots

    I have recently hatched 9 - pure (supposedly) white leghorn chicks from eggs I purchased from a local breeder. He claims all of his adults are white, pure leghorns. You will see in the pictures below which make me think that either there is something mixed in OR there is some type of recessive...
  8. BrahmaBaby

    Starting Breeding Flock

    Hello! I am thinking about starting a bantam breeding flock to breed for the standard of perfection and hopefully show stock eventually. If anyone has tips, articles to help me learn, or a breed I should start with that would be greatly appreciated! Feel free to bombard me with info!! I might...
  9. B

    Breeding Game Size Polish Chickens

    Hello! I have three Polish roosters that were gifted to me. The one that does not have the best head feathering I believe is a candy corn. Not sure on the other two colors but I believe they are good quality. I think one’s a silver and the lighter candy corn ish color I’m not sure- please tell...
  10. D

    Breeding, culling and weights, can someone help me please?

    I'm planning on breeding my own dual purpose flock with some very specific goals and need some help from some of you experienced chicken BREEDERS who have culled and bred chickens for a while. I'm going to copy and paste what I posted on another thread to show you what I'm aiming for but my...
  11. D

    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    This is Chunky, a 10 week old cornish cross pullet from Meyer Hatchery. She is supposed to be in the freezer like all her other friends. These are her less lucky friends that already met their end as was the plan. 7 were processed just shy of 8 weeks and weighed 7ish pounds on average after...
  12. MyLittlePetShop

    Cross breed

    If I breed these two together, would they have pretty chicks?? Rooster silkie, hen bantam
  13. Kimballs Coops

    Lavender/Paint Silkie Genetics

    Hello! I’m new to this and am planning on breeding silkies next year. I’m trying to plan all my separate pens. I wanted to have white silkies and lavenders. So I was going to get a white split lavender rooster with white only girls. Then I saw paints and realize I really want those too! Some...
  14. Faisal12

    Breeding Suggestions?

    It’s Breeding Season Again! 🦚 I’m excited to hear your thoughts on what combinations I should try for breeding this season and what potential offspring I might get from these pairings! Here’s what I have: Males: White Pied White-Eyed BlackShoulder Pied White-Eyed India Blue Split to...
    • Faisal12
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    • breeding peafowl peafowl colors
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Peafowl
  15. Kristianio

    Rooster Behaviour

    First time posting so hopefully in the right place! Hi everyone, I just have a few questions about my rooster for people who have some rooster experience. Currently, I have 1 silkie rooster(10 months) and 2 hens, one barred rock hen(5 1/2) and a 3/4 bantam polish 1/4 cream legbar hen(9 months)...
  16. PMD PerformanceHorses

    Breeding Question

    If a Lavender Orpington roo was crossed with a Silver Laced hen, what breed/color would the chicks be? (not my pic)
  17. Y

    baby chick genetics

    So I have a rooster who is mixed with a silkie and a kikiriki hen. He has 5 toes and feathered feet on both legs because of his silkie side. I recently bred him with a kikiriki hen who has 4 toes, and no feathered feet. I was only able to get one chick out of it but the chick came out with 4...
  18. Slothinc

    Help me to pair birds for breeding!

    As an update: as of June 2025 my flock has had some changes and I only have two lavender silkie boys right now. So this thread isnt very relevant anymore, however I do plan on hatching eggs from some of these girls when their eggs are fertilized by the lavender boys. ******* Okay who would...
  19. AbuR

    The right fit?

    Hi all, I’m looking to replace a rooster that I got for my flock of 9 hens. He’s a French copper black maran who doesn’t seem to be breeding the hens at all bar one that I’ve seen him attempt to breed. Not sure how successful he was in doing it as I have yet to see the bullseye in any eggs. I’ve...
    • AbuR
    • Thread
    • breeding curious chicken help appreciated help appreciated! thank you
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  20. athomas718

    Clan Spiral breeding question

    So I am hoping to start spiral breeding for a few breeds and I was wondering; Do you keep the 4 clan coops as the breeding coops but put the breed not currently being bred in a different area so you can keep them together but put them with the rooster when it’s time to actually get fertilized...
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