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Ok... I did the search for "breeding pens" and am getting some useful ideas. Basically, you are building a mini-coop-and-run with everything necessary for a coop-and-run. Am reading that 10 x 10 is optimal for large fowl. In my case, everything would be within our main coop which is already...

Agree that an incubator would probably be necessary for this. Would you advise to keep 2-4 young roosters in a “bachelor pad” until they either mature into the desired flock rooster or go to the dinner table? I’m not too keen on just turning them out to run with the flock because I am happy...

This is several months in the future, but I was thinking about doing two hens and one Rooster per pen for maybe a week at a time, and then putting the appropriate Rooster back in the "bachelor pad," while the breeding hens would stay in the pens. Is that a good ratio for a breeding pen? If one...

I am thinking about a better-ventilated, slightly larger version of this design (off the internet) but with just 3 or 4 pens. I like the lack of ground contact for better health and cleanliness.

I realize most of these are lousy pictures, but maybe they are helpful? The first picture is in dim lighting and probably hard to see, but those two cockerels are the ones I am thinking of mating (in a few months' time) with Barred Rock hens. The ones that would be involved in the mating project...

I have been busy with improving the security for our chicken run. As of now, the chickens just run together. There are a few game mix hens, the Rooster in my avatar, a speckled hen, and a couple other partridge-type hens. For the main run and coop, I am looking to go more toward games and game...