09/23/2026
🤩HAPPY WEDNESDAY 🤩
If someone would’ve told me years ago, when I first became a breeder, that patience would be the biggest key to unlocking so many doors, I probably would’ve never started. 😂 Because patience? Definitely not my strong suit. 😅
But over the last few years of breeding, my patience has grown and lengthened by miles.
When you breed birds, it’s not as simple as throwing some eggs in an incubator, hatching them, raising them, and selling them. It takes time—months and years—to curate your own breeder flock. And 9 times out of 10, you’re constantly looking for something to correct, improve, strengthen, or refine.
Breeding isn’t growing out a handful of birds and expecting every single one to turn into breeder quality. Sometimes you grow out 12+ birds just to find ONE that checks the boxes you’ve been working toward.
That’s exactly what happened with my Black Mottled Bantam Cochins this year. I grew out 12+ roosters and held back ONE.
And let me tell you… he was worth the wait. 🤎🖤
He is absolutely stunning and looks SO much like his dad! He still has a few more months of growing and molting ahead of him, but I am beyond happy with how he has turned out so far.
This is the part of breeding that people don’t always see—the patience, the waiting, the culling, the disappointment, the excitement, and finally… seeing that bird you envisioned start to come together. 🥹
One bird can make all those years of patience worth it. 🐓🤎
Dad on the left & Son on the right 😍
