Ok, does anyone have any design plans for feed and water covers/shelters they'd be willing to share? Water keeps getting warm, and the feed wet during rain if I don't put it up. Thanks!
So I was wondering, if I have my varieties mixed, say blacks with whites, and I wanted to separate a pair to breed, how long should I wait before I incubate the eggs to insure the eggs are of a pure variety?
I'd like to start breeding, but I know next to nothing about the program involved...
I have a Bantam Cochin Rooster who really tries his hardest to mount the large-fowl hens, which makes for a very entertaining spectacle. I was wondering if the chicks would be bantam or large-fowl if fertilization actually takes place, or if it's even possible at all...
Any knowledge would be...
So I want to get into breeding, but I don't know what breed to start with. I'd like to start with a Bantam breed. Any recommendations for an (to be) amateur breeder?
Hello! So I'm new here, but I've been raising chickens and visiting this website for about 5 years now.
So I have 23 chickens (19 large-fowl and 4 bantams: all hens) on a 2 acre plot in the middle of nowhere in the California Central Valley.
I have 5 Barred Rocks, 3 Easter Eggers, 1 White...