by Chloe | Aug 27, 2026 | Breed Information, Chickens, Meat Chicken Project
This series of articles is to document the development of my meat bird project. They will be very similar to the NZFF project articles. There will likely be more focus on the landrace as a whole, rather than on individuals, which reflects how I breed and select these...
by Chloe | Aug 10, 2026 | Breeding and Chicken Genetics, Chickens, Colour Genetics, Pekins
The lavender mottled is a very beautiful, delicate colour pattern, but have you ever wondered what goes into the genetic makeup of these beautiful birds? What is the best way to go about breeding and selecting them? How to get them onto champions row? Today I will...
by Chloe | Apr 11, 2026 | Breed Information, Chickens, New Zealand Forager Fowl
A lot has happened with this project since last time I wrote, overall everything is looking very promising. I’m still hatching NZFFs. I started in September and I was admittedly hoping to be done by now, but with all the issues I have had with power cuts...
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. I have come across some people who would like to think brassy backs are furnace, some say polecat are brassy back, and sometimes that furnace are polecat. These are often given without proof for their...
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 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...
