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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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.
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Okay who would...
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...
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...