by Chloe | Jan 11, 2026 | Breed Information, Breeding and Chicken Genetics, Chickens, Colour Genetics, Pekins
There seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding this colour group, people would like to think brassy backs are furnace, polecat are brassy back, and furnace are polecat, but no one seemingly has any actual proof for their claims, or they use standards from other...
by Chloe | Sep 5, 2025 | Breed Information, New Zealand Forager Fowl
I have sorted my birds into two breeding pens for this year, one which has my best male and my best female, and the other which has the rest of the decent pullets and their father. The first pen is my main brood pen for this year, they are the fowl which (as long as...
by Chloe | Apr 19, 2025 | Breeding and Chicken Genetics, Breeding Basics
Ever wonder who to breed to who? What to breed to what? Is it better to breed in Pairs? Trios? Quads? Quintets? Flocks? How old can you breed your birds? Read on to find out! How many birds per-breeding pen? This is a very important decision to make, not...
by Chloe | Apr 2, 2025 | Breed Information, Chickens, New Zealand Forager Fowl
March 2025 The idea of these articles is to document the New Zealand Forager Fowl project so that the NZFF breeders of the future may learn something about the history of the breed. Breeders with similar projects may be interested to see what I’m doing with...
by Chloe | Mar 27, 2025 | Chickens, Getting Started With Backyard Chickens, Housing
The chicken coop is admittedly one of the most important aspects of raising chickens, a good coop will save the chicken keeper many headaches, as well as make for happier, healthier chickens. So what makes a good chicken coop? Read on to find out. Where should...
by Chloe | Mar 13, 2025 | Chickens, Exhibition Information, Show Day Preparation
If you’re into exhibition poultry you’re inevitably going to need to wash your birds at some point, depending on the breed and variety that might be once in a while or that might be before each and every show. So if you’re wondering why, when, or...
by Chloe | Feb 17, 2025 | Breeding and Chicken Genetics, Breeding Basics, Chickens
Inbreeding can be a great tool but if used improperly it can be a detriment to the strain, so what are the pros and cons? What are the different methods of inbreeding? Why should you as a breeder used inbreeding? Read on to find out. What is inbreeding?...
