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One of the girls hatched out 4 chicks. Two died within a day of hatch, apparently crushed when the other birds jumped down from the roost. Another was killed, I think by a snake, and the last was killed by a possum. Another hatched four and one was taken by a dog. A third hatched one. We...

I let the Biel x Dominique boys out, and I'm pretty impressed. Not only do they seem to prefer foraging, but they're polite to the other chickens. They'll tit-bit for the girls, but if the girls show no interest they accept it, don't chase them down or try to gang up on them. They had a single...

The Mottled Java turned out to not be a good mother. She went broody and stayed broody but would leave her nest for hours at a time, kicked the eggs around, etc. A snake got her eggs and I thought she had broken, but I don't think she was eating or drinking and she died last week. Currently...

I have a breeding project, to create a landrace breed that actually thrives here. I want a large dual purpose breed with hens that go broody, for sustainability, dark or mottled for predator evasion, cold and heat tolerant, good foragers, etc. The breeds I chose to work with are: Bielefelder...