[header] How to breed ancona chickens [title] Purchase an ancona breeding pair. [step] You should have a ratio of one rooster to at least two hens to stop over-breeding on a single hen. The breeding pair should be healthy, happy, clean, free of diseases and definitely purebred.
[header] How to breed ancona chickens [title] Purchase an ancona breeding pair. [step] You should have a ratio of one rooster to at least two hens to stop over-breeding on a single hen. The breeding pair should be healthy, happy, clean, free of diseases and definitely purebred.
[title] Obtain a hen egg at a local farm center or farmer's market. [step] You will need to know roughly what to expect from the breeding pair before you breed the hens. You can purchase purebred chickens from breeders, shows or take a search online. [substeps] Keep at least four chickens with a rooster so that you can easily collect eggs into a clutch. Females are most likely to produce more eggs. [substeps] If you are still unsure what type of breeding pair you are looking for, place your terms into the search engine and look for the breed type in the results. Therefore, you should purchase one hen to produce at least one egg. If you do not have enough space in your flock to accommodate two hens in a " potential breeding pair ", you can purchase one egg for each hen.