quintinp,
I am pretty sure males selected for breeding are placed in breeding pen (1 male / pen) with one to a few hens for duration of egg collection period. Many breeders, possibly most now use incubators or broody hens not mother to eggs, but also some allow hens to incubate their own eggs...
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Welasharon is on mark about using livestock guarding dogs. They will handle coons very well and keep most other predators from causing too much trouble. High value of the game birds is that they take in many instances 18 months to mature and most be housed separately before the reach...