#breeding animals

[vegandude74]

[wells-creative]

I just wanted to post my chickens.

September 19, 2023.

My mom bought me these chickens in late 2022 at an auction. There were originally four and she got them for the extravagant price of $0.75 per bird. I didn’t have chickens or plan on getting chickens but if your mom buys them then you do what you have to do. So I took them home and threw together a coop.

They were very small at the time. Couldn’t tell if they were hens or Roos. But I ended up with three hens and a roo. No clue what breed they are and I don’t remember what they sold as either but they are a smaller type. They are quite docile and pretty good layers and if you look close you can see they have a topping of feathers on their head like a little pompadour. They are quite broody as well.

And I love love love this little rooster. Such a handsome boi and so sweet to his girls.

I’ve lost one of the hens and only have two so I wanted to breed them to continue the bloodline of chickens that my mother got me. So I did some incubating and though I didn’t plan it I got one hatched ON MY BIRTHDAY!

Behold my poofy headed Birthday Chicken. And it turned out to be a hen! The fact that she is tan rather than snowy white is slightly disappointing but it is what it is.

I plan to breed her to an Ayam Cemani rooster to see what happens.

If any cool chicken peeps see this and have any ideas on what the parent birds are I’d love to hear them! I haven’t had any luck getting an ID on them.

Here's the incubator I have had the most success with:

Nurture Rite 360

[mental-health-advice]

Hi this is probably going to be an unusual question, but I was wondering how do you get into breeding animals? I think one of the admin's has mentioned it is her job? And I've been doing a Certificate in Animal Studies this year but I really need a job now. I've been out of work for a really long time partly due to me feeling like I'm not good enough for anything. But this mindset has really held me back for years. So I guess I was just wondering how you start your own breeding business?

Hey lovely,

We’re a mental health advice blog, so we don’t really answer questions that aren’t related to mental health. My apologies! I’m sure there’ll be a community of breeders that you could ask the same question to, who could answer it in a much better way than we ever could. 

Sometimes what seems impossible, is just hard. Love Pauline

[zuyenle]

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[zuyenle]

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[ginger-floor-goblin]

When people breed animals, do they just lock the two animals in a room together? Do they light candles? Play mood music? Crack open some wine? Like, how?

[salmankhanholics]

★ Not horsing around !

HQ

[listen-look-feel]

Breeding animals. Going once, twice, sold!

Beast buys: record prices

Red Tibetan mastiff: Name: Hong Dong (2011) Price: £945,000 Age: 11 months Sold by: Lu Liang Sold to: Multimillionaire coal baron

Racehorse: Name: Green Monkey (2006) Price: £16m Age: 2 years Sold by: Randy Hartley/Dean De Renzo Sold to: John Magnier, stud owner

Limousin bull: Name: Fabio (2012) Price: £126,000 Age: 17 months Sold by: Glyn Vaughan Sold to: Alan Jenkinson, Cumbria

£90,000 - World record price paid for a Blackface lamb in Scotland two weeks ago

£8,400 - Marchup Midge, an 18-month-old sheepdog bitch.

£105,000 - Charolais bull, sold for a new breed record