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I'm gonna write about all my chicken breeding experiments here. You can follow along and comment if you'd like. I picked a few purebred and mixed breed chickens to start with and am now starting to breed them towards these goals. *Cold hardy *Fairly good winter layer *Lays at least 3-4 eggs...

So, I decided to name my chickens. Which means I need some name suggetions. I have five roosters to name, and six hens. I'll try to add oictures, but I'm not sure if it'll work right. Roosters: 1st and 2nd are two Lavender Orpingtons, 3rd is a Black Orpington, and 4th and 5th are two Easter...

So I just butchered my excess roosters yesterday, so now all my birds in the pen are the same breed. How long would you advise waiting before setting some eggs in my incubator to be sure they're purebred? How long can the eggs be fertilized by my previous roosters? Thanks!

So we have a light on in our coop so that the hens will keep laying in the winter. I've read about a lot of people who have timed lights, but we just leave ours on all the time. Will it still work?