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  1. BDutch

    Natural breeding thread

    This thread is meant for newcomers to advice them and for everyone with experience in natural breeding with broodies who like to know more or can do with a little more advice. 2 main reasons: Incubating with a machine and a brooder for the chicks is totally different from hatching with...
  2. CraziChknLady

    Basic Breeding/Breeding Pen Questions (as natural as possible)

    I need basic information for creating some breeding pens. I have a mixed flock and am looking to breed for just personal use. I am not going to be selling any eggs or chicks. It is possible I have a Mycoplasma positive flock. (was never officially tested as symptoms stopped by the time I found...
  3. C

    White Heritage Breed Cornish Chicken Breeding Pairs - $100

    Specialty, All Natural, not cornish-cross, Heritage Breed White Cornish Meat chickens, and a few Buff Orphington Laying hens: We have several Breeding Pairs left (1 Rooster and 1 Laying hen) > Heritage White Cornish - Breeding Pair $100 > Heritage White Cornish mixed with California Brown -...
  4. holiduck

    Natural hatch questions

    Hi, I am taking care of friends' young duck couple who had never gone broody before. It's about day 24-26 (I don't bother them and they did remove some non-viables in the first 2 weeks, so anything is only approximate). Their behavior is different this morning - normally he gets her up, they...
    • holiduck
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    • behavior change ducks hatch a duck natural breeding pipping
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. E

    Brown chicken breeding expirament?

    Been trying to figure out how to make a new breed or slightly change the welsummer breed. What would the offspring of a Brown Leghorn/Welsummer look like as far as coloring on different parts of the body, temperament and, comb type? What would Partridge Penedesenca/catalana offspring look like...
  6. PolloPollito

    Babies three weeks old old what’s next?

    So one of my mama chickens went broody and well you know what’s next if there’s a rooster around… chicks!!! Now almost 3 weeks old. The mom seems like she’s needing a break and space from them to roll in the dirt. I’m not sure what to do because I work in the day and if I let her out in the...
  7. S

    Breeding Button Quail Naturally

    Hi Everyone. Have a quick question in hoping someone helping. I recently bought a pair of Chinese Painted Quail/Button Quail. over the past couple of weeks my Hen laid 12 eggs all in the same place in my indoor aviary 6x4 foot. she made a nest of straw in which she hides in and sits ie incubates...
  8. BDutch

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    ...time I try to keep it open (again). But if necessary (fuss), I can divide the coop. Let’s see how things work out this time. Don’t hesitate to ask questions. And maybe I will have some questions too in the near future. So whoever likes natural breeding and has some experience is welcome to...
  9. ellieV03

    Natural incubation in button quails

    Hi everyone, this is my first post on here because I need some insight from someone more experienced than me in this "field". I have two button quails (male and female), they are now a little over two years old, but just about 6 days ago the female became broody. She kind of tried in the past...
    • ellieV03
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    • #broody #hen #naturalhatching #chickens #babys #question #egglaying #help # #breed #quail #quail #chickens #newbie
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  10. FluffTheDuck

    need help figuring out whos the mom

    one of our silkie eggs hatched today, (i was letting our silkies hatch them) but i need help figuring out who the mom is. we have a white silkie rooster, a female white silkie, a female brown silkie and a female black silkie with no feathers on her neck (my friend told me shes a showgirl? 🤷‍♀️)...
  11. Joyfillednomads

    QUESTION : Anyone have sucess naturally breeding BBB broad Breasted Bronze Turkeys?

    QUESTION : Anyone have sucess naturally breeding BBB broad Breasted Bronze Turkeys? No cross breeds, just Broad Breasted Bronze...
  12. hokievol

    Natural Breeding

    I have a flock of 15 hens and a roo. I would like to breed a few.....do I need to wait until I have a broody hen or can I just breed one of my broody-tending ones and expect she'll take over?
  13. M

    What Breeds Can Breed? / How to Incubate Eggs Naturally with a Broody Momma Hen?

    Hello All - I have an RIR rooster and we are planning on breeding with him at the end of the month. I have ISA Browns, barred rocks, buff ops, and 1 Americana hen. I hatched some fertile eggs we got back in February and I got a which I am told is an ISA brown or red sex link which I am pretty...
  14. mschickiemama

    Are there any chicken breeds that lay right through winter naturally?

    Without any additional lighting etc.
  15. Differentiation

    Best natured Hybrid breeds??

    So Im thinking of buying some Hybrids which I have never owned before. My main reason for keeping chickens is mainly for their company(eggs are a bonus). I have only been a chicken owner for 3 months and my last bantam batch were very ill so I returned them. Im very excited as I found a good...
  16. Differentiation

    What bantam breeds are good natured???

    I already have three bantams and I have space for one more in my coop. I was thinking about getting another small breed that isn't particularly aggressive as my girls are very sweet and quite submissive though they do have a hierarchy. Are there any breeds that anyone could recommend??? Im a...
  17. A

    Viability of letting "free range" quails breed

    By free range, I mean my quail I have I'm my large walk-in aviary. I was wondering what the viability would be of letting them breed and lay, and then just not collecting eggs until they nest (if they do)? I live in Australia, and it's the tail-end of summer, so it gets fairly warm here. If I...
    • Aussie92
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    • breeding eggs incubator natural quail
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Quail
  18. Mimi13

    I’m not Mother Nature, but..... My journey hatching broody and bator chicks

    I knew this would happen! But in my own defense I’m a known worrier. Yes, I am worried about my broody. I realize that Mother Nature has instructed my broody girl to climb in that little, hidey-hole of a nest, and sit on what would be the most uncomfortable spot for me, atop a bunch of...
    • Mimi13
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    • bator chicks broody chicken broody chicks dust bathe integrating chicks leave nest mixed breed chickens
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  19. M

    Emergency preparedness advice (bushfires/floods)

    I'm with a community group in the Blue Mountains, NSW (Blue ARC Animal Ready Community) we want to produce guidance for backyard chicken owners about what they can do to prepare for emergencies - like bushfires and floods. Is anyone aware of any guidance or resources for chicken owners? In our...
    • Mel Taylor
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    • advice wanted all breeds bushfires containment emergency evacuation floods natural hazards preparedness transport chickens
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  20. Cfaure

    Vulturine Guinea Fowl breeding naturally in captivity

    Hi everyone I am on my way to buy a pair of Vulturine Guinea Fowl. I want them to breed on their own. Do they breed easily in captivity? I don't want to spend so much money and then I need to incubate the eggs. I get sick of the feathers and poop when I incubate them and raise them in the...
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