breeding

  1. Alixzandrah

    How to tell egg color

    I’ve been trying to research how the genes of the chickens affected the egg color. I know you need brown and blue to to make olive egger etc etc but I’m confused slightly. So if I have a black mottled orpington roo and Easter eggers (she looks like an amerecauna lays blue eggs) and olive eggers...
  2. ElimAcres

    Chocolate Silkie breeding clarification

    I purchased six silkies last fall that were advertised as chocolates. I understand now that quite often chocolate silkies are actually duns. I want to confirm if I have chocolates or duns so my question is this: if I breed these birds together and I get all chocolate colored chicks then I truly...
  3. L

    Are Mearns quail good parents?

    If I put unrelated chicks in with my mearns pair will they take care of them? Also could I let them hatch and raise their own babies?
  4. saracarver3

    Rooster sperm washout period

    I know there’s a couple posts about this already, and what you read says 2-15 weeks for rooster sperm to dissipate. But I’m curious if anyone has personal experience. I have all my birds together right now, but in a month or so I want to breed certain birds with a specific rooster, and I was...
  5. Cloverr39

    Might add Wyandottes to a barnyard mix flock. What colors to expect now and over time?

    I'm thinking of adding some Wyandottes to this flock of barnyard mixes. They will most likely be silver laced, blue laced red and maybe buff laced if I can find any eggs. I'm planning on putting them in the barnyard mix flock and letting them mix together over the next couple years. I want to...
  6. ChickenAJ

    Breeding with Speckled Sussex roo

    We got 4 "breeds" of chickens and can't help but wonder what baby chicken offspring would look like if they crossed with my Speckled Sussex rooster. I mostly wonder about how to breed egg color. Any ideas? We are not attempting to get into breeding as of now, but can't I dream? lol Speckled...
  7. Cloverr39

    From silkie mix to new breed?

    Every time I post my black silkie/isabel brahma mix online in my local FB groups everyone always asks what her breed is and that she's absolutely gorgeous and they'd want one. I posted something about her being broody and trying to get her to stop and someone said that I should definitely let...
  8. hannahsocal

    Double Coop Breeding Pen Designs?

    Hello! I have barred rocks and leghorns and I’m trying to think of a good design for a “space-saving” double coop (aka 2 hutches that are connected) so that each side/hutch/coop can house one breed of chicken. Every design I come across is either too small or has a shared run (which wouldn’t be...
  9. MysticOutcast

    Unusual looking Brahma rooster

    I hatched a lot of eggs from my mixed flock of chickens over the summer, one of the chickens I hatched is a dark Brahma rooster. He hatched from a dark Brahma egg and I’m positive he came from the dark Brahma rooster, the only other Roos were a golden laced polish and an old English Wheaton...
  10. Backyard_Alchemist

    Tips for Pairing/Grouping Chickens for Breeding?

    Hello ! If this is in the incorrect category, my sincerest apologies. Background: I have an Olive Egger cockerel (Chip, 7 weeks) that I'm waiting on to grow up. I would like to prove out his genes by breeding him to the brown egg laying females, and depending on the outcome, I would also like...
  11. Stj9590

    Might get this (rare?) rooster. What could chick outcomes look like with my hens? (Photos included)

    Considering buying Double tufted rumpless Araucana golden duckwing rooster. If I breed him with my girls what would offspring look like and what color would their eggs be. Hens 1. Buff Orpington 2. Salmon Faverolle 3. Crested cream legbar 4. Single tufted rumpless white araucana (would be...
  12. WillowRidgeFarm

    Silkies and Single Combs

    Hey there, so I acquired this handsome satin silkie rooster that has a single comb. I know that single combs are a breed fault. So here’s my question; can this single comb be bred out if he is crossed with a correct(walnut comb) hen? Trying to decide if he is worth adding to a “project.” Thank you.
  13. AGeese

    Geese Breeding

    Several of you let your geese do their thing, but I'm just wondering why we don't have more breed and trait related geese discussion? With so few available domestics in the states I would think this would be new ground. We're pretty much all raising heritage breeds, but beyond these varieties...
    • AGeese
    • Thread
    • breeders breeding crossing geese mating sop traits
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Geese
  14. missmaqs

    What Breed? Unusual chick

    I had an awful bobcat massacre that wiped out half of my flock, so we were so excited that one of our remaining eggs hatched. I have no idea what breed she is as we have a few unique guys if you could lend a hand! My roosters were a silver laced polish and a white silkie. My hens were either...
  15. proudduckowner22

    Olive Egger Breeding

    Hi, I got F1 olive egger roosters, whose parents are black copper maran and legbar. Was wondering if I bred the roosters to my Lohmann brown hens who lay a nice brown egg, or my buff orpington hens, will I get the green eggs that a olive egger should lay? Thanks!
  16. Shabby Chic-Hens

    has anyone ever tried this...

    has anyone ever made a frizzle, naked neck, cochin, polish mix? 'cause I think that would look (mom says like kentucky derby fried chicken) very... um... interesting... I don't want to hurt any chicken's feelings, but that mix would look like a fluffy footed turken that had been electrocuted...
  17. D

    Relocating my duck's egg to her "new" nest. Should I do it?

    I have two muscovy ducks. The female laid her first egg last Friday. She chose one of the holes she made on the ground as her nest. Last morning and earlier this morning, however, she laid another 2 eggs in the duck house, which means she has two different nests in two different locations. I'm...
    • deltav
    • Thread
    • breeding duck eggs duck nesting egg advice muscovey duck nest
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. H

    Breeding Red, Blue, and Black New Zealand Rabbits?

    Hello! I’m getting a trio of new Zealands but can’t decide on color combos. The breeder has Red, Black, and Blue NZs. What should I get??? One of each? What color buck should I pick? (I don’t want to have siblings breed so my doe and buck need to be from different litters) I know nothing about...
  19. proudduckowner22

    Blue X Black Swedish cross?

    Hey y’all, was wondering what colour would the offspring be of a black X blue Swedish cross? Since breeding two blue Swedish results in either black, blue, or splash ducklings, and breeding a black and splash ducks would make blue ducklings, what would the blue x black Swedish cross ducklings...
  20. Cloverr39

    1 copy dominant white over something red roo + black hen. What are possible offering?

    My rooster is a dominant white with red leakage on the wings and streamers. I will be breeding him to black (carrying recessive white) hens. I think 1 hen is starting to show silver leakage in the crest now that she's molting. In theory if he passed on dominant white to black, then the chicks...
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