Bird breeding!!!???

[J&Kfeatheredfowl]

Hey, it’s Joe

I was wandering about breeding chickens and ducks and selling the young.

I really want to have a few smaller runs/coops to have just a single breed in (alongside my mixed flocks, for eggs)

I’ve seen and heard of plenty of people who have kept a pair or trio of call ducks with no problems, but is it possible to keep certain chicken breeds like this? I know my grandad in the past managed to keep THREE cockerels with THREE hens with no problems!!!!

The breeds of chicken I’m interested in are....
Ancona
Silver Hamburg

Thanks in advance x

 

[aart]

but is it possible to keep certain chicken breeds like this? I know my grandad in the past managed to keep THREE cockerels with THREE hens with no problems!!!!

It can work....or not.
Not dependent on breed so much as individual birds, their demeanor and if they can work out a harmonious hierarchy.

 

[J&Kfeatheredfowl]

It can work....or not.
Not dependent on breed so much as individual birds, their demeanor and if they can work out a harmonious hierarchy.

Would it help if they were raised from chicks together?

 

[aart]

Would it help if they were raised from chicks together?

Maybe.
AFAIK it's best not to breed siblings tho.
Have you kept male birds before?

 

[BantyChooks]

Would it help if they were raised from chicks together?

In my opinion, no. Raising cockerels with only same age pullets is a great recipe for disaster, or at least some very harried hens. Best to raise with the flock and then separate as needed.

 

[J&Kfeatheredfowl]

I have only had chicken once in the past that were MINE however my family have had chickens for as long as I can remember and I have helped in every way possible.

I do not have any birds as of yet, but I will be buying some in a couple of months, and this whole breeding thing will probably not happen till next spring x

Also about my grandad having theee roosters and three hens together with no problems? Is this normal?

P.s they were raised together from hatching eggs

 

[J&Kfeatheredfowl]

Maybe.
AFAIK it's best not to breed siblings tho.
Have you kept male birds before?

I do not mean hatching eggs with my other birds, I mean buying hatching eggs or day old chicks x thx for your reply tho

 

[chickens really]

Most Chicks from hatcheries are not related. Just shipped together. They collect large amounts of eggs and incubate them for the hatch and shipping date.