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Hello Folks, Sorry I've been out of the loop for a while. I am working on a writing project, and was hoping to collect interesting photos of "barnyard mix" chickens. It would be great if I could find some first and second (and more) gen images, to illustrate the variability that can come...

I've read in a number of sources that inbreeding 2 siblings can be employed to try and stabilize some desirable trait, but that used extensively, offspring can start exhibiting unwanted characteristics (immune system health, physical health, etc). Three sources said that breeding a parent to an...

I'm amazed at how knowledgeable many of the folks on here are. I'm guessing many of you guys are self trained/hobbyists? I'm actually a chemist by training. Not a dummy--but a complete dummy with genetics! I've been reading and reading on the web about breeding, sex links... and it seems...

I was texting a friend who wised up about 10 years ago and moved from Wisconsin to Hawaii :) I was telling him about building my coop, and trying to secure interesting genetics. And he made a funny comment about "well, move to Hawaii--we have thousands of them". I did some reading, and...

Hello Folks, I'm wrapping up my coop and seeking to build a very diverse backyard flock. As a kid I had chickens with my grandfather. A mix of Rhode Island and New Hampshires, Leghorns, standard American breeds. It was kind of a weird, but oddly beautiful thing. :-) I'm interested in...

I sketched up a coop that I want to build. The city ordinance allows for 6 hens (no roosters), so this should be ample. 40sq.ft. or run, 20ft.sq. in the coop, and an external nest box. I wanted to build it in two 4'x5' sections, so that it would be somewhat portable. The plan was to build...

Hi Group, I've been reading BYC voraciously, then remembered that I got an account a few years ago, so here I am. I'm no longer on Long Island, but back home in Wisconsin I grew up on a farm, and kept a small flock with my grandparents, until my grandfather passed away when I was 17. It...

Happy holidays folks. I'm gearing up for a bit of a genetics/breeding project, hopefully launching in spring. I will put out there that my training is in chemistry, and my genetics knowledge is high school/bio 101 level Mendelian Punnet square stuff. After much reading, chicken genetics is...

This is my first post to BYC--after years of lurking and reading. A wonderful group. Polite, knowledgeable, friendly. I grew up in WI, and my grandparents had a full dairy farm when I was growing up. I don't remember my grandfather purchasing food for the chickens. They were allowed to run...

Hello folks, I've been lurking here for several years, and have digested as much information as I could find--which is actually a tremendous amount. I'm not quite there yet, still launching a career, and far from as self-sufficient as I would like to be. But in the mean time, I'm learning...