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Hello and welcome. Northern Ontario. I'm guessing it is cold there. What breeds of chickens do you have, and what is your set-up? Do you have any Chantecler chickens? They were developed in Canada to handle the cold.

There are many varieties shown there. I like the Exchequer coloring -- white with black markings throughout. I still like the Single Comb Light Brown Leghorn best. A chicken encyclopedia. There have been many chicken breeds developed in The Netherlands, such as Barnevelder, Dutch Bantam...

You are up in Northern California, I see. There is some beautiful country up there. I have read that in the past, like in the 1800s and early 1900s, that people saw white eggs as being pure. Now people see white eggs as being commercial and brown eggs as being "farm fresh". :) Both preferences...

I edited this. If the feathered-foot gene is dominant, a chicken should have feathered feet if it has a feathered-foot gene.

I suppose it all comes down to how you will sell them -- as eggs, chicks, grown birds, or meat. There are many things to consider, I suppose. I also like things to pay their own way. I am not sure you can apply that to children, though. I have not heard of very many people who have been...

Most of that is true. But I see hatcheries that have a similar climate start shipping in different months. Hatcheries also ship all over the country, so no matter where a hatchery is located the chicks can be exposed to different temperatures. You are right that some hatcheries also sell common...

"Pure (Heritage) Single & Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, Rose Comb Rhode Island Whites, Single Comb White & Rose Comb Dark Brown Leghorns." I like your taste in chicken breeds.

You make some good points about preserving foundational breeds. Some of the breeds you named were some that were discussed in the original post as being historically important. Breeds like Leghorn, Dorking, and Dominique were mentioned. I like the Light Brown Leghorn. There are single comb and...

Sure, almost any breed of dog that has not been trained will kill chickens. It would be good to get a puppy and raise it around the chickens so it learns to protect them.

I see that some of the large hatcheries start shipping this month, December, and others are starting in January or February for the year. Then they often stop shipping around September or so. Why do they have different schedules? I would think it would be safer to start shipping maybe in...

My father purchased the Cackle Hatchery surprise a few years back and received I believe it was 52 chicks. He was happy and all the chickens lived. He received some Ameraucana/"Easter Egger" chickens in the surprise. Cackle Hatchery has been in business since 1936 and sells 202 varieties of...

I think it could have been foxes, coyotes, or dogs. I am sorry this happened to you. Leghorn or Dominique would be good for free-ranging and avoiding predators, if you decide to get more chickens. I see the guineas avoided the predator or predators. It is good to have an outside dog on a farm...

Why do you want the offspring of each hen to look like the hen? Are you wanting to sell chickens? I would just suggest picking a breed that you like and getting a rooster of that type to breed with the hens.

Do you have foxes in your area? This is the chance you take with free-ranging chickens when you are not home. Do you have a dog to guard them? What breeds of chickens do you have? Breeds like Leghorns can usually get away if they have trees or something to fly up on.

It seems you are looking for a rooster to breed but that does not contribute any of his genes. That would be a very unusual rooster, and it would even be very unusual for any creature of any kind. Just out of curiosity, what breeds of hens do you have?

This is an excellent idea also. The two ideas can be used together. Two or more breeds are running all together when not planning to collect eggs to incubate, and then they are separated into their own coops and runs three weeks before collecting eggs to incubate. Then on alternating days each...

This is a good idea. The two breeds only need to be separated for three weeks before eggs are to be collected to be incubated. Even if someone wanted to have two hatches a year, this makes a lot of practical sense.

Do you use runs for your different varieties of Leghorns? I guess the only way my idea could work would be to run 8-foot-high chicken wire all the way around the pasture. That would cost a little bit.

I was wondering about if this is practical or possible. If I wanted to raise two or more breeds of chickens and have each breed in a separate pasture to free-range, would there be a practical way to keep each breed separate? The cost of building tight, high fences might make this impractical...

That is great. I will have to see if I can get the newsletters. Does SPPA only focus on rare breeds?