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This is my Gladys with one of the young males (buster) that the other young males were beating up on. When I took him out of the bachelor pen he couldn't stand or walk so I put him in with Gladys. At first she didn't want anything to do with him but eventually warmed up to him and started...

I have had some good results and some not to good results. I have had some males kill another male that was in with them but for the most part no issues. I have had to take a couple of males out of the bachelor pens because the other males were beating up on them.

I have electric wire around my coops and pens, concrete under the gates and a heavy duty netting covering all of the pens. I have several game cameras around on my property. I see predators most every night on at least one of the cameras. I have seen them during the day but mostly at night...

We all start out somewhere. Everyone is different with different ways and circumstances. I have several coops with pens. I love to breed.

One of my bachelor coops and pens.

Sometimes integration of mom and chicks will go well and other times it may not go so well. When the time comes you can try and see how it goes.

I do keep the mom and chicks separated from the rest of the flock for awhile. As the chicks grow and feather out then you can put mom back in with the flock usually at night when they have gone to roost. I have used a big melon box as a brooder for the chicks. I put a heat source such as a heat...

The female can hold the sperm for up to around 3 weeks. To be safe, I put the male I want in with the females I want him to breed with for about a month before I collect the eggs for hatching. I have used broody's in the past but now I put the eggs in an incubator. You can save the eggs for up...

I usually set up my breeding coops after the first of the year. From your pictures, your small coop could be your breeding coop. Pick out your best females and put them with the male of your choice. Put the other male with the rest of the females. If something happens to one of the males, you...

Are you are planning on breeding?

I agree. If you try to put both males in with the females then they may start fighting and they may not. I would put the male you want to breed in with the females you want him to breed with. Maybe you have 4 or 5 females that are more desirable for breeding, put them together and the other male...