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Yup. It's what they do. But, that's their job. Fire him up. Do a little dance, a little shake and fluff. Gets all riled up.

Oh, forgot to say. She can have contact with no other males either before and during this process, of course. I know you know that, but just to say it.

I do. Do this. Put that K away from the birds on Aug 1st. Let him see those females through his fence. Let him rest for two weeks and oogle those females. When you mate him up with that pullet (although she's a year now, isn't she?) in a separate place. He'll be very, very loaded for bear...

I would share this and then, go back to my myriad of chores waiting on me. What we hatch from our pullets and cockerels, our P's and K's when they aren't even a year old, are NOT your champions and not going to be your future. They're practice eggs mostly, so if we screw up a bit, that's OK...

I swear, they do that "Let's change the appearance of our eggs" thing on purpose, just to get their DNA into the future. Just about the time you think you've memorized the eggs by shape and start collecting the ones you want, they hold a late night hen house meeting and trick you up. "OK, now...

I built a couple of boxes this winter. Boredom and snow bound does that. LOL Anyhow, I tested them relentlessly under every imaginable wattage, ambient condition, humidity, and everything else I could possibly think of. I tweaked until I felt comfortable. I've got some most important...

Every 4 days, you might want to allow your "hen" to get off the nest and go eat, drink and do her job. Figure about 30 minutes "unplugged" ought to simulate it fairly well. I like to hover at that 99-99.5 mark, because the eggs will start to generate their added heat, should the embryos...