Backyard Pen

An Independent Chick in my last cage

2026-05-07T08:37:16.039-07:00

Actually, I don't want to keep chickens anymore, but a friend gave me a chick so I had no choice but to keep it. I just keep the chick in small bird cage. its size about 30x20x50 cm. it is enough for a samll chicks.

the chick was a mmale of layer chicken. the male of the layer is not marketable. the farmer juts buy the female layer because they can lays so many eggs.

I just raise it and hope it would grow up. i release the chciken in day. I will put the chciken in the night. After weeks, the chicken loose. i feel sad about it.

i loved the chicken though i had not want it for the first time. i feel so sorry. the chciken was intelelgent due it can live alone. i believe a cat or rat eat it. there were so many rat and cat in my house.

Poultry Purpose: How Rearing Location Determines Function.

2025-11-17T07:56:00.000-08:00

Muscovy duck is a meat purpose duck. it is risen for meat production. The duck weigh up to three kilogram. it is produce large meat for a family.

The main color of the mscovy duck is black, white and black white. Recentl, we can found some color variation scuh as lavender, grey, bronze, and other. This variation is more expensive than black and white color.

Today, the colorful muscovy duch is not for meat purpose only but for ornamental bird. I see the ornamental is difefrent from otehr country. in my country some people raise brahaman chciken whihc is dual purpose as ornamental bird.

The Brahma chicken, which is raised as a dual-purpose chicken, is raised as an ornamental chicken in Indonesia. The issue of the chicken's function as an ornamental chicken depends on the location where the chicken is raised

In Unites States, Silkie are raise as an ornamental chicken but in th eorigin country chine, the silkie is a good layer. it is also go broody too.

I believe ayam kampung could be risen as the ornamental chciken because it some various color.

A hen lays egg twice in a day

2025-11-12T11:18:00.000-08:00

Can a hen lay two eggs in a day? The answer is yes it can. Could a hen lay two eggs every day? The answer is it could not. Rarely, a hen lay egg twice in a day. It lay egg in the morning an in the afternoon. The second egg usually is “unperfect” egg. The shell’s egg is rotten and it could not be hatched. It could not be sold. No one buy the egg. Because the shell of the egg is to smooth, the shell cannot protect the egg from bacteria and pathogen. I am doubt to consume the egg. However, some chicken owner usually separates the egg directly from the clutch. They may fry it immediately.

Today the most productive is Austrolop which can lay 330 egg in year. Other chicken like ISA brown lays 300 egg in a year. The Italian white leghorn also produce 300 egg a year. I am very sure it is for two years only. After two years, the owner sells the old layer chicken. I wonder it must be tired for the layer hen produce 330 egg in years, the hen just “rest” 30 day in a year. Without sufficient nutrient, the hen must be suffered. Laying some egg, need high calcium nutrient and also high protein nutrient.

The hen must need rest too. In my opinion the 250 eggs in a year is an ideal. The hen gets enough rest from laying eggs. The quality of the egg is good too. The chicken gets 115 for rest. As human we also consider the rest for the chicken as the animal welfare. When we treat them well, they will give the best egg to us. The chicken is not a machine that can produce what you want. The chicken is also a living that we should teat them well.

Lakevnder Chicken A Black White Dual Puprose Chciken

2025-11-05T21:22:00.000-08:00

Lakevender is a dual purpose chciken that provides both meat and eggs. This is not "pescial " chicken, compared to other chicken such as Rhode Islan Red, New Hampsire Chicken, Bared Rock, Plymouth Rock and other. THe Lakenvder is know by its black and white color. The neck and tail feather is black in color, whil ethe remain or the modle of chicken body is greysih white. The lakenvender also name of some animal which has middle boy is white for example, lakenvender goat and cattle.

The lakenvener is almost similair to Vorwersl. Both chikben breed has black colori ini tail and the neck. The Vorwerk body color is buff; while lakenvender is white.

Lakevender come from German and Ducth border. The greman develop this bird or chciken from various chciken such as leghorn and other. the characteristics of leghorn that we can find in lakenveder is white earlobe. the lakenvender also have single bllod red comb with some point.

Lakebvder lays white shelled egg 160 eggs a year. The rosster weighs 2,5 while the hen weighs 2 kilogram. The skin is alsi white. there is ni bantam version of the chciken. The shank is feathherless amd blue pale io color.

Gambar oleh Turgut Canbaş dari Pixabay

Roste find rooster in other flock

2025-10-31T06:58:13.783-07:00

Rostet need some hen. In normal , a roster need at least 6-10 hens. While some bantam juat live with one siblings in its small cage. When A Roster does not have hen , he will find the hen.

Like story in Upin Ipin. a roster called Rambo lost. Datok find Rambo everywhere. Upin and Ipin has suspected a cat or civet has eat Rambo. The cat usually bot eat a roster. The cat could eat the small chicken . Some cat afraid to large roster pr angry hen. They do not want to close with them. On the other hand, civet could bring any chiken to top of the tree and eat them.

Finally, Rambo found. Upin and Ipin said that Rambo have been found in neighbor's house where there were some hen.

Rambo want to visit the heb. What Rambo has dones is an animal instinct. The animal should survive and has to multiply before death.

When your chicken has no sibling. They nau find the sibling. A free range roster nah find the hen where is not far from them. They can liste the other hand sound. Some roster crow to tell other chicken that he is the owner of the land. Of course, he lalso tell to other hen.

Broiler ayam kampung crosses

2025-10-27T23:06:00.000-07:00

As the broad chicken, a broiler is a good meat chicken. it weighs 2 kilogram in 40 days. some broiler can beyond the weighs in 40 days. in my country, the farmer just raises for 30 days to produce less two-kilogram broiler meat. The people do not like big chicken. they like smaller chicken. On the other hand, the farmers must be pleasure because, they do not have to raise for next ten days. Raising for next ten days need more chicken feed, man power, electricity, and other costs.

The taste of broiler meet is not delicious as ayam kampung. The price is juts one third of Ayam kampung. People believe because the fast growing the meat is not delicious. However, this chicken meat has helped people.

Broiler is a descent of various chicken breed. A famous of the broiler parent is broad breast Cornish chicken. Not surprisingly, the broiler gets high breast from the Cornish.

The cornish is dedicated for meat production. its is derived from some game chicken that has upward posture. While some chicken also participates in broiler chicken such as Rhode Island Red and Plymouth Rock.

in my country, this chicken is risen for pet. Some chicken owner raises the broiler until two years. the two yeas chicken must be bigger than common broiler at the time. the broiler reaches the maximum weigh. Sometimes the broiler are used the parent of the chicken. Some experts cross the chicken with Ayam kampung to improve the meat production. The cross must be heavier than the ayam kampung.

The expert also selects some crosses. They just select the best performance for the ayam kampung. Some crosses is fast growing and some is resisted to some diseases. The owner often crosses the male broiler to ayam kampung because it the broiler female cannot hatch the egg. Most owner just traditional farmer who do not have incubator. It is not simple cross the broiler hen.

Raise Older two years layer

2025-10-24T07:31:00.000-07:00

After two years, the farmer will replace the hen. changging the hen in order to keep the production. Keep the old layer is not productive. After two yeasr the egg production is decrease and they have still feed them with some protion chciken feed. it is not profitabel for commercial gees.

in my country, the older hen, called as spunt is sold as meat. Most commercial farm sell the spunt to traditional or modern market. I ask gemini that the commercial farm does not use the spunt as the human food. I have ever eat the spunt and it is good but you need more time to cock because the thick skin and the hard meat.

The spunt is good for soup, stew, and other. You can also make stocks and broth from the sput. Boil the meat with some vegetable such as onion, prey, cabbage, tomato, and else.

In United States, sometimes they use spunt for cat or dog food. the chciken are stunized and processed by the engine. Sometime they got burial the older chicken off course after the chicken. death.

Today some farmer in my country use th spunt for layer too. They just raise for two weeks and they got benefit from some eggs. They know that the spunt is not productive as the layer . They also sell the meat too and get benefit from it. The spunt is cheaper than ayam kam;pung and the taste is almost similar to ayam kampung. Some people prefer Spunt than Ayam kampung, due to its cheap price.

Some farmer use the spunt for croes breed. They mate the layer with ayam kampung. The farm aim is to create the crosbreed that egg production is better than ayam kampung. They succesfully for that. Through , ayam kampung egg is small but it is more expensive than common chicken eggs. They believe the ayam kampung’s egg is better than layer eggs. Some believe that the egg can cure certain diseases (off course, I do not believe it).

Gambar oleh Javier Garcia dari Pixabay

Spurs and roster

2025-10-22T08:21:00.000-07:00

Spurs is a roster’s weapon. beside the beak, the roster use feet to punch the opponent. Some rosters also use the spurs. The spurs often make the opponent killed. Spurs like nail. it can grow. Spurs grow in back part of chicken shank.

the spurs is a sign the rosters mature. they grow until old. some spurs can grow up and it makes the chicken less agile. Some owner cut the spurs so they can walk easily. Some owner also sharpened the spurs for fighting (it is not wise to do that)

beware cutting the spurs because its could harm form your chicken. Your chicken could bleed after cutting to deep. the traditional farmer usually cut half of the long of the spurs. They do not cut all the spurs because it will harm to the chicken. Sometimes an owner also covers the spurs with tape band. The owner worry that the sharp spurs can harm the owner.

The spurs also sign the age of the chicken. the spurs grow longer as the age increases. I remember my friend refused buy a hen with one cm spurs. he suspected the hen was old. The black and white hen was big but old.

Sometimes a hen also has spurs for certain chicken breed. I am very sure that the old chicken layer has no spurs.Having spurs does not mean the hen change to rosters. They still can lays egg some eggs and brood the chick. Some breed chciken such as new hampshire red and the rhode island red has hen with spurs.

How to Raise bantam e book

2025-10-10T21:28:00.000-07:00

Here is small e book that i write for people who ant raise some bantam. ceratinly i will also update the information. this may simple but it could help you to raise .

You can click the link below my ebook

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Dorking Chicken, England Chicken that has five toes.

2025-10-06T14:01:00.000-07:00

Dorking is a famous chciken breed come from Dorking, England. This rectangular body shape with short legs is good both ini meat and eggs. The color of egg is white, Eventhough, the Dorking har red earlobes. Most the white eggs come from whie ear lobes hen. The average of egg production is not more than 200 egg a year, the exact range is 170-190 eggs. The egg production does not exceed the levels seen in common dual-purpose chickens, including the Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire, and Plymouth Rock.

This chciken is dual purpose chicken developed from Belgiia in Roman era. The dorking is a five toes chicken, similar to the silkie chicken. The roman brought the chicken as fine table.

THe chicken is large. the rooster weighs 4,55 to 6,55 kilogram (10-14 lbs); while, the hen weighs 3 to 5 kilogram (8-11 lbs). there is bantam version weighs around a kilograms. The roster bantam wieghs 1130 to 1360 grams, meanwhile, the hen slighlty diferrent. it weighs 910-1130 gram. Some bantam has rosecomb.

There are five color that is reconition bys the standard breeed, such as white, sliver grey, red, dark and cucko. The silver grey color is the color pattern with silver neck color. the silve grey also have grey color in sadddle and the center of wing. The remain color of is is black.

The Dorking is not hard winter due its wide comb. Meanwhile, the chciken is not tolerate with hot condition or hot weather.

In my country, there is dorking descendant. the descendant is called Ayam Kedu. The kedu has no five toes but the performance is similar to Dokring. They have have upright body and tall. The comb is also single wide with red earlobe. There is thre color variation of Kedu, such as White, Red and color.

Thai Game Chicken

2025-10-02T08:19:00.000-07:00

Before 2010, I did not recognize any chicken pit breed beside Thai Chicken game This wide berast sleder and tta roster best for chciken fight. The chicken is rise for pi t cock chicken only. the owner usu for gamble.

I do not like pit roosetr practice because its against animal walfaere. I just raise the rooster to improve ayam kampung genetics.

I had raised Thai pit chicken. this chicken is a famous in my country. unfortunately, people raise it for pit cock. I just want to raise the chciken to breed the best breed. I cross a Thai male to the local chicken or Ayam kampung. the descen is better than its mother but its shorter than the father.

Thai chciken is a pit cock. it has good reputaion for the the fighting chicken. the thail is very aggresive. they can fight until die. Some rooster chockse to drawn the arena when they cannot fight to opponent. the lose chciken cannaot fight again. they like a losser who afrrad to other chciken. wehereas a local chicken may run from the bad chciken but one day they can fight with the same chciken. the local chicken has hit and run strategy.

Thai Chicken come from Thailand, suits with its name. They have been develeoped for hundreds years for it. the Thai has upright posture. string neck and beak. the shank is so compact and it could harm the owner. the rosterweight 3,5 kilograms while the hen is aroun 2,5 kilograms. while, ayam kampung just 1-1,5 kilogram. they have musucular body. it is a great breed with slender body.

Today some raise the chicken for meat and show chciken. some people cross it with Cobb, Ayam kampong, and other chicken. the famous color is black breasted red. The skin benath the feather is red blood. The comb is red walnut.

Artifical Insemintaion along time ago

2025-09-24T21:31:00.000-07:00

I used to have a regular barber. He was a very diligent man and a chicken farmer. He once said that in his day, artificial insemination was done by inserting rooster sperm into the female's cloaca using a bamboo strip. Of course, the bamboo strip wasn't sharp because it had been smoothed.

He used artificial insemination to breed the best rooster. He had a very good rooster in his pen. He hoped to get some good generation from the roster. He sold the chciken in bird market. He useually sell some good chicken.

Of course, that practice is no longer practiced. To transfer rooster sperm to the female's cloaca, a syringe with a blunt tip is used. Sharp instruments can injure the female's cloaca. Using a syringe is also practical because it simply inserts the sperm into the syringe and then finally inserts it into the female's cloaca.

I don't know the success rate of the artificial insemination performed by the barber. I didn't have time to ask him about it. Certainly, some eggs hatched during the process, otherwise he wouldn't have explained how to do it. The artificial insemination performed by the barber was also ineffective, as only one female was inseminated, considering that the amount of sperm in a single ejaculation is only 0.2 to 0.5 ml. That's only a drop that can fit on the bamboo strip.

Usually, a single artificial insemination can inseminate as many chickens or as many as 20 birds if the sperm is diluted. Of course, thinner sperm won't be able to adhere to the tip of the bamboo.

Notice, the bammbo should be clean. Use a new bambbo for it. Ini my country, we easily find bamboo and make it easy. Off course , today we do not have to use bamboo for it.

Raising Chiken in up roof

2025-09-20T01:07:00.000-07:00

In My father house space was limited. Today the house of father still small. It is so dofifcult ti find the large space due the price of land and property so high. It is also unreasonable price. Off course, in my country, people like raiseing chicken. I also raise few chicken in my house.

I put the chciken in roof. You can see my pen in second florr of my father house. I put the pen in the front of seconf floor. the second florr is not ideal because the sun. the roof is so heat and it is not good for the chciken. they feel hot in the roof. The space also limited.

I decide to stop raise the chciken for a while. Since the neaigbor cut jambu tree beside my tree. You can see the map at picture in this post. I sell the red breasted black ayam pelung to other neighbor. I am so sad. Ia also shuld go to other city for lecture.

As long you can provide a good shelter for chicken, you can rasie the chicken uprrof. You can palce the tree that can cover the chicken from heat. My country is a tropical country which sun shine everyday. The tree also help to protect the chciken from wind.

Therefore , you need to modify th epen of the chciken. place the chciken at the comfort palce. Some pen have try that can collect the chciken manure. You can easily celan the chciken.

I though it ise not difficult to raise chiken in roof as long you have enough spcae. I have jeard the pakistani peole raise cattle at the roof. It must be amazing. Rasing a cattle in my house is very imposible. My neghbor will angry at me and some police will arrest me for it.

A red frizzle naked neck chicken

2025-09-05T21:07:00.000-07:00

I had a red frizzle necked neck chicken. It is a local chicken. I do not know what is exatcly the chicken come from. But most of the bald or naked neck come from Bali and Papua. I guess the chciken age was aroun two three month. At its age, the chicken become independent, we do not have to palce lamp isnisde its pen. I raise the chicken at large pen alone. In the morning, I relase the chicken to find the food.

The chciken is good looks. I loved it. The bodsy is upright like the Siamese Fignting roster or pit rooster. The color is red as I have mention in the ttile above. The feather grow back as the most common frizzle chicken.

One day a naughty kid hand the chicken hard. I guess the kid just want ot play. My chcicken was very tame and easy to hand. It do not need hard work to hand this tame chicken. I remembered that He held the edge of wing my chicken and pull the wing. I am so pity. I stop the action and he released the chicken.

I asked to the brother to replace the chicken but he told me to slaughter my chicnen. He did not relaize that the chicken was very unique. I did not want to slaughter the chicken because it is very unique. So the brother did want to idemnify may chciken. Two day or three says the chciken dying and died. I am so sad. After that I wanti find other chciken that similar to my chciken first.

I went to the bird market where I got the chciken. It is not easy to find najed neck at the market because its rarely, moreover the naked neck frizzle

After several years seaching, I did not find any chicken that similar to my chciken old one. I woner I have the chicken as the real heritage chicken bree of my contry.

Gambar oleh Mari Loli dari Pixabay

Muscovy Duck ; the meat producer and the mother of other fowl

2025-08-29T10:18:00.000-07:00

In my country, this duck is popular as a dark meat. People cook the duck with the spicy. the meat is so decilious but not all people like it because it stnky. The sticky come from the glandule near the tail.

Peple like to raise the duck. beside as the meat producer, the bird is also good mother for indian runner or chicken. They have brooth ability. THe hen can hatch so many eggs. THe farmer use it to hatch the indian runner duck which do not want to hathc her egg.

Male black and white Muscovy Duck

The muscovy come from Latin America such as Mexico to Argentina. They are domteicated there. they were lived at the forest and stay at the tree. but they do not perch the tree since they live with human.

The duck is a big duck. the male weigh up to 3-4 kilogram. The mature male is two times of the mature hen. THe hen is just only 1,25.

My father sid the muscovy is the good defender. They can defend themselves from eagle or raptor. they use its sharpe claw.

Gambar oleh Mircea Iancu dari Pixabay

The Surprising Influence of the Mother in Crossbreeding Native Chickens and Broilers

2025-07-30T21:04:00.000-07:00

Crossbreeding chickens is a common practice among farmers aiming to combine the desirable traits of different breeds. One popular cross involves mating native chickens (locally known in Indonesia as ayam kampung) with commercial broilers. The goal is usually to create a hybrid that grows faster than native chickens, but is hardier and tastier than broilers. However, one fascinating aspect that many breeders observe is that the physical traits of the offspring often resemble the mother more than the father.

For example, when a broiler rooster is crossed with a native (kampung) hen, the resulting chicks tend to have the slimmer body, harder feathers, and more active temperament of their native mother. These birds may still grow faster than pure ayam kampung, but their appearance and behavior are often much closer to the native side. Farmers frequently describe these hybrids as looking like improved kampung chickens rather than miniature broilers.

On the other hand, if the mother is a broiler and the father is a native rooster, the chicks are typically bulkier, with softer feathers and a more docile personality—traits associated with commercial broilers. They may lack the agility and disease resistance of kampung chickens, but their fast growth and meatier build are obvious.

So, why does the mother’s traits seem to dominate?

While both parents contribute equally to the genetic makeup of the chick, the mother provides more than just half the DNA. She also contributes the egg environment, mitochondrial DNA (which affects energy production and metabolism), and maternal effects—non-genetic influences that impact early development, growth rate, and physical appearance.

This maternal influence explains why many breeders choose the mother breed based on the desired outcome. If they want hardy chickens with native looks, they use native hens. If they want larger, fast-growing birds, they may prefer broiler hens.

In conclusion, when crossbreeding chickens, the mother’s characteristics often shape the look and nature of the offspring. Understanding this influence can help farmers make smarter breeding choices that better match their production goals—whether that’s stronger immunity, faster growth, or a balance of both.

The Aggresive Hen due to limited space

2025-07-01T11:24:00.000-07:00

A Reflection on a Mistake: My Aggressive Hen

I once raised a hen that showed unexpected aggression. The hen black bettle color and also tall. At first, I didn’t realize the seriousness of her behavior. But soon, she began kicking the roosters — one of them even suffered an eye injury. I was shocked. Later, she also hurt her own chick. That was when I realized something was deeply wrong.

Looking back, I now understand that the problem started with my own mistake. I had placed the hen in a narrow cage, which likely made her feel stressed or territorial. That tight space may have triggered her aggression. I did not the size exatcly for the hen but the other chicken was comfort use the pen. I regret not noticing the warning signs earlier. I should have trimmed her nails or separated her sooner to avoid injuries.

I also suspect that the hen came from a village where chickens are allowed to roam freely. In those settings, hens may be less aggressive because they have more space and freedom. In contrast, keeping her confined likely increased her stress and caused this behavior.

For a moment, I considered “de-toeing” — removing the claws — but I soon realized it would be cruel. Besides, I didn’t have the proper tools, nor the antiseptic to avoid infection or tetanus. The practice of “de-toeing” is common in commercial chciken farm.

In the end, I made the difficult decision to replace the hen with another. Eventually, I put the aggressive hen down, not out of anger, but out of responsibility. It was not a pleasant experience, but I learned something important: as an animal owner, we must provide a proper environment and always observe early signs of stress or danger.

This experience taught me to be more careful, more thoughtful, and more responsible in caring for animals. Mistakes can hurt — not just ourselves, but also the creatures under our care.

Goose as Alarm for your house

2024-09-21T01:31:00.000-07:00

I have watched YouTube Brazilian reason use the ghost as the guard. They raise a flock of geese that contains so many geese to guard the prisoner we

know that this has some love song when someone appear in front of them.

I remember that my stepmother house me is at the proud of Uncle restaurant her live at urban settlement that is suspected so many criminal after many restaurant by the bad people. they are pretend to be a Buyer or the visitor and then they grab cash many at the box.

When a criminal can to the restaurant The block of this sound cloud di and it wake all the restaurant people. Some The pretender I'm in the Robert who written as the visitor are not there to grab restaurant money.

He is the best is get at least two benefit we get the price meet and the security o using this not guarantee a hundred percent the security but it can because The rise of the robbery.
Previous article said that a group of turkey cannot lay any chick. I remember my grandfathet also had some turkey that did not lay any eggs.

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Can a Hen crow

2024-09-01T23:15:00.000-07:00

The above question in tittle may confusude you? The Roster usually can crow. Itis uncommon that a hen can crow. Some Roster crow in the morning to wake up the owner or other people. You must have read the lazy man or drunked ma throw a sandals or shoes to make the crow silent.

Well, some hen can crow. The crowed hen is good for the female stock of bekisar chicken. They believe the crowed hen can descent to the kid or Ayam Bekisar. The hen crow is shorter than the rosters. I have raise a hen of ayam ketawa or laughing chicken. She has short crow that I like it.

The hen alsonsome eggs. I guess she lay at least 8+10. Unfortunately, I have no rosters so the egg is infertile. The hen is also beautiful with brown buff feathered and yellow shank. There is a single folded comb. Actually, the hen woild be paired with golden feather local chicken. The space is so limited that is difficult to build the coop at my house.

The hen crow is rerel but it is not special. The chicken lover does not find the hen crower except the bekisar breeder who fond of the crowed he n. The crowed hen cannot be participated in crowing chicken contest. The oartcipat of Contes must be rosters.

What looks Red Jungle Fowl Likes

2024-08-29T14:16:00.001-07:00

What is the different of the jungle fowl to common fowl? My mother said that the feet or shank of the jungle fowl is black. At the time , I imagine the red jungle fowl was bantam. I had opinion that bantam eas the Jungle Fowl. My mother also add the description of the jungle fowl is so shorter than common chicken.

My mother lived at village where her father have duty as wedana (major in English). She said the forest had so many wild animal such as Elephant, Tiger, Deer, Mouse Deer., and so on. She had are some deer meat that is very delicious. Cergay she also said there were so many ted jungle fowl Gallus Bankiva. I forgot what my mother said about the color of the Jungle Fowl.

Ini Sumatra, there is only one kind of jungle fowl, i.e. Red Jungle Fowl. The color of the roster is black breasted red. The dominant color is red. Actually the red is not actually red blood but red orange. The lower body from the front of neck to the tails is black irisdicent greent. That is color of the parent of all chicken. Perhaps this most iconic color for chicken .

Today, we can find some various ancestor. The size and shape is various. The smallest bantam is very light, compare to giant Brazilian Chicken Indio Gigante. There are some chicken that still similiar with is ancestor like the chicken in this blog post. The chicken color and body is similar to the ancestor. We called its ayam kampung. Some Ayam Kampung similiar to its ancestor. They have some color and the comb. Certainly, they cannot fly like the Jungle fowl but they can jump. They also produce more egg and meat.

Sometimes , I ask my self. Why some chicken in human house. Were the chicken voluntarily go to the human. Well, some chicken still in jungle and enjoy live at there. Were the human catch the chicken and detained the chicken ini the coop ? We do not know well about it.

Cross the Spotted Dove With Fan Tail pigeon

2024-08-25T19:19:00.001-07:00

I have ever raise Spotted Dove (Spilopoa Chinese) in my house. Most of them released from my bird cage . This bird is the family of rock dove too. It is a common practice to cross the bird with common pigeon or rock dove. The result is spotted dove that is more tame than the spotted dove. The hybrid is also bugger than the spotted but the sound is louder than thespitted dove.

The spotted dove also cross to Eurasian Ring Neck Pigeon that also result the better bird. Either The spotted and Ring Neck are nervous. They may hit the cage when you approach them.

I wonder to cross the Spotted with Indian Fan Tail Pigeon or American Pigeon Tail that result amazing Fan Tail Spotted dove. I have not found the spotted Dove Fan Tail. It must be rare breed and it must be expensive.

I am very doubt to produce it because the fan tail is a recessive gen. I have heard that cross common pigeon to the fantail result the hybrid that is similiar to common pigeon. It must be difficult to get the fan tail from the pigeon.

Perhaps cross the hybrid with the fab tail pigeon may produce the fan tail too. I do not know . Perhaps one day I should try it.

Cross local chicken to US Standard Chicken

2024-08-24T11:07:00.000-07:00

My country is is not a developed country as United States or other country which has chicken standard. In other words, our country is under deliver country. I amazed that United States has dozen standard Chicken. I believe my country Indonesia where the home of the parents of All Chicken Red Jungle fowl has so many breed chicken. Unfortunately, we have no standard for the chicken. Indonesia has Most expensive Chicken Cemani and the big beautiful song crower Pelung.

With limited scientist , we develop some breed of chicken but we do not have standard of the chicken so the outside use our chicken and claim as a new breed. Unfortunately, for the Indonesian people who do not make some standard for its Chicken.

Some chicken owner also , cross the chicken . I also have the Sebrught bantam that is crossed to local native bantam. I suspect the chicken is sterile. The roster cannot produce any chick. I heard from the genetics expert that some Cross breed cannot produce the kid. That is why you should be careful when cross the chicken to make a new breed.

I also join the hybrid chicken group in Facebook. The group is a market pace for crossbreed chicken. I saw there some unique chicken and it is a new opportunity of a business. The price is higher than the common or standard breed of chicken.

Last days, I saw two big rosters that I suspected it crossbreed. I estimate those two buff chicken is descent of Rhode Island. In my country there some chicken breed that is similiar to Rhodes Island Breed such as Ayam Merawang from Bangka and Ayam Nununkan from Kalimantan .

Raise Chicken in Graveyard

2024-08-23T01:00:00.001-07:00

Previous post, I write about rasing chicken on filed that is dangerous. The field contain toxic material that could harm for the chicken. Either meat or egg of the chicken must be not health. Beside field, some chicken also live in graveyard.

The owner whi has house near graveyard release the chicken or at least let the chicken play at the gravel. There is no law that forbid chicken or the chicken owner release the chicken at graveyard.

I am worried there soen bad or negative effect from it. The graveyard usually a clean place. Unlike a field. There is no rubbish at there. The chicken just disturb the people who pilgrim to the graveyard. The chicken also release the manure at the graveyard that may bad for some people.

The graveyard is a little forrest for city where's there some tree at there. The tree cover the graveyard and it also a house for some little things such as insect and worm that the chicken like it.

In my country there is no rule that forbid the chicken. The chicken canbenter the graveyard anytime they like. Certainly, the owner must be rong due allow or release the chicken near the graveyard that allow the chicken enter and make manure on it. I believe in some country the owner get fine or jailed. The owner that release chicken to the park or some kind of it must be punished.

Rumpless or tailless chicken

2024-08-11T19:15:00.001-07:00

Chicken without tail feather must be weird chicken. This chicken unique due to the chicken has no tail. Do not generalize the chicken with short tail. The rumpless really has no tail.

The rumpless phenomenal could happen because the genetical mutation that change the performance of the chicken. Without a tail, the chicken is not complete. The function of the tail is a brake when it fly. Some domestic chicken has flying ability and the tail function could help the chicken to stop in certain distance.

The rumpless may not attract most chicken lovet. Do the lack of tails. Tha absence of its tail reduce the performance of the chicken. Some chickenbhas beautiful long tail that is very expensive. However, few chicken lover must like the chicken.

The rumpless could occur in any chicken breed . I do not believe the rumpless occur in jungle fowl because it must be difficult for the chicken live without tail in jungle. They have to fly at the jungle.

The most chicken breed that has so many rumpless is Araucana. The Aracauna that lays green egg show the tall least .

Do it worry the rumpless is recessive genetics. You must difficult to find this bird. You can get the rumpless only when you mate the rumpless chicken or two chicken that has rumpless genetics.

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Raise Chicken in landfill

2024-07-28T11:20:00.000-07:00

i took the photo at the landfill, where there is a lot waste and rubiish on there. this place is a transift before any rubbish dump in final place. there are so many plastic that you can see at the photo. you must be difficult to find any chicken in this photo.

It is common prcatice in underdeveloped country to raise chicken or cattle in landfill. it is cheaper than raise chicken in the flock.

There are some risk raise chicken in the landfil such as:

1. disease transmition. the landfill is full of disease. the chicken eat the rubbish may bring some danger diseases such as salmonellea and avian flu

2.the lack of nutrition . rubbish is bad food and lack of nutirion.

3. i believe there is such toxic in landfill. the pestiside can kill the chciken.

4. the chicken also spread the waste. they use the feed to find but it spread the waste

5. Either the Meat and the egg is not health. what chicken eat influence the meat and egg quality.