RollTideChicken
Songster
Completely new at trying to breed birds, so please any ideas would be great! I've had chickens for several years now and have incubated eggs a few times. So...here goes. Apologies now for the ramblings that follow...
I want to start breeding chickens, just one breed, Bielefelders. And I was thinking that having only one rooster could possibly put me in a bind if something were to happen to him. So, then having two roosters must be a good idea, right? But that got me to thinking about my enclosure situation.
I have a 10x30 pen (think open air coop), 4x8 grow-out pen, and a 6x6 coop with 10x6 run. The whole thing has me thinking I need 1 more enclosure, especially if there is a second roo, no?
Those of you that breed birds, how do y'all have everything setup?
And how old are birds before they show the traits you are looking for?
Thanks!
RTC
RTR
I want to start breeding chickens, just one breed, Bielefelders. And I was thinking that having only one rooster could possibly put me in a bind if something were to happen to him. So, then having two roosters must be a good idea, right? But that got me to thinking about my enclosure situation.
I have a 10x30 pen (think open air coop), 4x8 grow-out pen, and a 6x6 coop with 10x6 run. The whole thing has me thinking I need 1 more enclosure, especially if there is a second roo, no?
Those of you that breed birds, how do y'all have everything setup?
And how old are birds before they show the traits you are looking for?
Thanks!
RTC
RTR