What chicken breeding projects have you accomplished this year?

[Dottie the Chicken]

Please share pictures and stories from your breeding projects and hatching this year! All poultry welcome!

 

[M-H-Fielding]

I was only successfully hatched one batch this year (My turkey did the work of hatching, actually ).
Here is a pic of the three babies when they were young:

The little one on top is a chicken who is one week older than the turkey poults. Their mama, Gypsy, was very proud of her chicks and would cluck and putt at them and attack me if I got too close.

Heres a pic of the chicken when it was older:

She's a fiesty one, and still thinks she is a turkey. She roosts with them at night and refuses the other chickens.

Here are the turkeys when they are older, and the mom still babys them.

The blurry one above the little guy is mom, busy as ever.
The first turkey is a bourbon red, and the second is a bourbon/bronze cross.
That is all I have hatched this year.

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

Thanks for sharing! Hey, something's better than nothing right! It's better than ending up with way too many birds running around eating you out of house and home!!

 

[JadeFarms]

Well I finally got some eggs from my cuckoo maran and have a breeding pair of ameraucana (roo) x maran (hen). They are autosexing and will hopefully lay olive eggs. I’m aiming for a autosexing OE with muffs, a pure mother and father so breeding is a little more easier and you can have a better idea of what color you will get. They have large muffs and beards do far and are very pretty chickens (especially the boy) they are also very good tempered and get along with everyone. I will get some pics today.

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

Thank you for sharing @JadeFarms ! Yes, please share pictures!!

 

[JadeFarms]

Sorry didn’t get any pics today, this is all I’ve got of the boy The boys are cuckoo girls are black. And day old boys have a white spot on head and girls don’t.

 

[JadeFarms]

This is the girl. They are both young but they are looking very pretty. They have large muffs so far so I can’t wait to see them when they’re older. She’s all black and the sun is making her look like that. I’m hoping for olive eggs because my plan is to make a autosexing OE with giant muffs and beard. Males have light feet females have dark.

This is the boy, he’s cuckoo. He broke his leg so he’s laying down.

 

[M-H-Fielding]

This is the girl. They are both young but they are looking very pretty. They have large muffs so far so I can’t wait to see them when they’re older. She’s all black and the sun is making her look like that. I’m hoping for olive eggs because my plan is to make a autosexing OE with giant muffs and beard. Males have light feet females have dark.View attachment 2384077View attachment 2384078
This is the boy, he’s cuckoo. He broke his leg so he’s laying down.View attachment 2384079View attachment 2384080

Oh the poor boy! He is so handsome! They all look great!