Chicken Breeding Projects, For 2020!

[I Love Layers]

Here are the other breeders I share with my sister. Black and Partridge Wyandottes. We only have a Partridge cock, we bought a hen with him but the temperature difference from Tennessee to here didn't do here well and she only made it a month or two. We've been looking all fall and winter and haven't found any yet.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Here are the other breeders I share with my sister. Black and Partridge Wyandottes. We only have a Partridge cock, we bought a hen with him but the temperature difference from Tennessee to here didn't do here well and she only made it a month or two. We've been looking all fall and winter and haven't found any yet.
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Their short fluffy bodies make them look like chunky birds which is cute. Sorry your Partridge Wyandotte hens didn't survive. Have you checked EBay?

 

[Trevorusn]

My spring chick list:
1 Black Copper Maran Pullet
1 Easter Egger Pullet
2 Buff Orpington Pullets
1 Buff Orpington Cockerel
2 Heritage Barred Rock Pullets
1 Heritage Barred Rock Cockerel
2 Black Australorp Pullets
1 Sumatra Cockerel
2 Sumatra Pullets.

Indeed, my list goes roughly
2 Faverolles pullets
2 BLR Wyandotte pullets
1 or two breeder quality JGs, either black or blue pullets
Maybe 1 more JG cockerel of breeder quality
1 Buff Brahma cockerel
3-4 Buff Brahma pullets
4 buff or black bantam Silkies

Lol good thing I now officially have it written down! Although chicken math may alter this "slightly".

 

[chickenenthusiasts5698]

She could be a dwarf, dwarfs have shorter legs, & smaller bodies then regular chickens.

Oh my! I didn’t know dwarf chickens existed!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Indeed, my list goes roughly
2 Faverolles pullets
2 BLR Wyandotte pullets
1 or two breeder quality JGs, either black or blue pullets
Maybe 1 more JG cockerel of breeder quality
1 Buff Brahma cockerel
3-4 Buff Brahma pullets
4 buff or black bantam Silkies

Lol good thing I now officially have it written down! Although chicken math may alter this "slightly".

Nice choices. You have more chosen then me.
Chicken math maybe a little bit of an issue with both of our lists.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Oh my! I didn’t know dwarf chickens existed!

They do, most of them don't live to the point of lay, for some reason.

 

[Trevorusn]

Nice choices. You have more chosen then me.
Chicken math maybe a little bit of an issue with both of our lists.

Lol I must agree!! Sumatras are a beautiful breed!

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Here they are, my main focus...

The breeding pens:

The partridges:
There is three all together, one new one which I purchased recently, a hen which I bought a while back and then one of her home bred chicks.

The pure whites:
Three of these also (not including the male) one which I recently purchased, another which I've had a while and then a Pullet I hatched that's from a different mother.

The male:
This male here is a new one I bought along with two females (one being his daughter) he will be bred with both the partridges and the whites.

Now I've got to decide...

Do I breed partridges first or whites first?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Lol I must agree!! Sumatras are a beautiful breed!

Yes, they are. They're primarily going to be used as breeding stock for people who want Sumatra eggs, or chicks.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Here they are, my main focus...

The breeding pens:
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The partridges:
There is three all together, one new one which I purchased recently, a hen which I bought a while back and then one of her home bred chicks.
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The pure whites:
Three of these also (not including the male) one which I recently purchased, another which I've had a while and then a Pullet I hatched that's from a different mother.
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The male:
This male here is a new one I bought along with two females (one being his daughter) he will be bred with both the partridges and the whites.
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Now I've got to decide...

Do I breed partridges first or whites first?

Breeding the Partridges first might be a good start, is that good?