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shewolf56 said:
Wyoming, herd dogs run area around coop, planning on breeding only the golden cuckoo marans to the 2 matching hens and the golden laced wyandotte to the 2 hens for them,5 buckeye hens to the buckeye rooster all breeding in controlled breeding pens and egg collection areas
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That is a good plan. My coops and pens are used for different things depending on the time of the year. I don't want to build any more and just work with what I have which means I have to move birds around at times. I just sold the remaining extra males. Now I can set up my breeding pens. I keep a spare male for each of my breeds, in case one dies for whatever reason. There are some coops and pens I use to put all of the breeds of females together with a male. Some pens still have the older breeders in them from last year's breeding's, but this year I'm going to do more changing around. Now I have to sort through the females and decide which females I should breed to which male. I line breed, I do not inbreed. It is a labor of love. Good luck with your plan. There may be times when you have to tweak it, but all is good. Again good luck and have fun...
 
cmom said:
That is a good plan. My coops and pens are used for different things depending on the time of the year. I don't want to build any more and just work with what I have which means I have to move birds around at times. I just sold the remaining extra males. Now I can set up my breeding pens. I keep a spare male for each of my breeds, in case one dies for whatever reason. There are some coops and pens I use to put all of the breeds of females together with a male. Some pens still have the older breeders still in them but this year I'm going to do more changing around. Now I have to sort through the females and decide which females I should breed to which male. I line breed, I do not inbreed. It is a labor of love. Good luck with your plan. There may be times when you have to tweak it, but all is good. Again good luck and have fun...
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What does it mean to line breed? I want to breed my BOs and LOs when the cockerels are old enough, and can even accommodate the separations needed for that. My new cockerels are new to the flock, so no problem with the pullets and hens I have. So, in the future I just need to not allow an offspring to be mated by one of these cockerels, right? If one of the offspring is a cockerel, would that one be out of the breeding business too?
 
ValerieJ said:
What does it mean to line breed? I want to breed my BOs and LOs when the cockerels are old enough, and can even accommodate the separations needed for that. My new cockerels are new to the flock, so no problem with the pullets and hens I have. So, in the future I just need to not allow an offspring to be mated by one of these cockerels, right? If one of the offspring is a cockerel, would that one be out of the breeding business too?
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Yes. Mother to son is ok, father to daughters is ok, not brother to sisters.
My birds are all from particular lines I got many years ago. I have kept them pure with no other bloodline mixed in. It's not breeding a brother with a sister. I maintain different family groups of the same bloodline and cross them, they are all of the same bloodline. Most breeders of dogs, horses and many other animals, line breed.
I have a website I would like to share with you. It's from a BYC member who has passed away but very wise. This method would work with any breed. Instead of toe punch, I use leg bands.
http://bloslspoutlryfarm.tripod.com/id65.html
 
cmom said:
Yes. Mother to son is ok, father to daughters is ok, not brother to sisters.
My birds are all from particular lines I got many years ago. I have kept them pure with no other bloodline mixed in. It's not breeding a brother with a sister. I maintain different family groups of the same bloodline and cross them, they are all of the same bloodline. Most breeders of dogs, horses and many other animals, line breed.
I have a website I would like to share with you. It's from a BYC member who has passed away but very wise. This method would work with any breed. Instead of toe punch, I use leg bands.
http://bloslspoutlryfarm.tripod.com/id65.html
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Thanks so much! That was really helpful. I think I should assume the two LO pullets are sisters to the LO cockerel, which means I wouldn't be able to breed them at all, unless I got some other LOs, right? I bought them at Wilco, a local farm store, who gets them from a large breeder. I can't remember which one now.
 
HomesteaderWife said:
@shewolf56 - Hey there and welcome! :welcome

You've got an awesome assortment in your flock! I read through the post a bit further and saw you craft hat bands with your rooster feathers? I would love to see photos of that! It's always interesting to see the ways people craft with feathers.

You mentioned having Nigerian Dwarf goats- I highly recommend checking out BYC's sister site called Backyard Herds. I got alot of help there when we raised goats- they're super helpful!

Hopefully you enjoy this wonderful community of chicken folks- they're always willing to help and offer information based on their own experiences. If you're having an issue, check the Articles page and search through old forum posts. If you can't find an answer that way or need quick help, make a post in the forums.

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