Hello, hello. I'm back once more.
I was wondering if anyone had any tips on breeding for temperament; you see, we have five chickens currently.
Background:
Four hens whose original rooster was sentenced to dinner, and one Olive Egger cockerel (7mo). "Chip" was hand-raised after his siblings...
Hello.
I have the following chickens that I'm planning on breeding:
1 cockerel, an Olive Egger who was a black downed chick with a white spot.
4 hens, one a Buff Orpington (yellow/white chick) and three Black Jersey Giants (black down chicks with a few white spots).
They look like this now...
Hello ! If this is in the incorrect category, my sincerest apologies.
Background: I have an Olive Egger cockerel (Chip, 7 weeks) that I'm waiting on to grow up. I would like to prove out his genes by breeding him to the brown egg laying females, and depending on the outcome, I would also like...
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(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
While we're not exactly new to chickens, this is the first flock that we're managing by ourselves. We got our first batch of chickens in...