Backyard Chickens & Coturnix Quail: Incubating Hatching Eggs and Chicken Breeding
Jennifer Bryant of BryantsRoost.com and Carey Blackmon of ShowProFarmSupply.com are here to discuss backyard chicken keeping. This show dives deep into flock management, poultry health, hatching eggs, chicken nutrition, incubating, brooding chicks, predator-proofing, and biosecurity. We cover everything from chicken coop tips to coturnix quail farming, heritage breeds, and even NPIP certification. Each episode is packed with real-world advice, expert interviews, and practical tips for egg production, chicken behavior, and integrating new birds into your flock. With all your favorite breeders, our guests round out the nerd table with the most information. Coturnix Quail are the new chicken and we delve deep into discussing breeding, care, housing and nutriton. If you're a beginner or a lifelong poultry nerd, this chicken keeping podcast will help you raise healthier birds, hatch with confidence, and grow your homestead. Tune in and nerd out with us! Find more at https://www.poultrynerdspodcast.com The IncubationMasterclass.com can further your incubating skills to hatch out the most vigorous, healthy chicks Home of QuailMania.com the virtual event for everything coturnix quail ValleyHatchery.com is a proud partner of the Poultry Nerds Podcast From backyard flocks to working farms, Valley Hatchery provides hard-working birds for hard-working people. EggFoam.com for shipping supplies of hatching eggs and live birds
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What Flies Are Really Telling You About Your Chicken Coop
Flies are more than just an annoyance—they're often an indicator of what's happening in your coop and run. In this Poultry Nerds Podcast clip, we discuss why flies are attracted to chickens, the environmental conditions that encourage them, and practical management strategies to reduce fly population...
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What happens when a simple incubator turns into a mission?In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, we visit with Laurie Pineda of Harrison's Hatchery to hear the inspiring story of how her family's poultry journey began with one young man's fascination with hatching chicks.Harrison, who is on the autism spectrum, discovered an incredible passion...
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What makes a quality coturnix quail breeder? In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, Jennifer Bryant of Bryant's Roost and Carey Blackmon discuss practical quail selection methods that breeders can use to improve their flocks generation after generation.
Whether you are raising coturnix quail for eggs, meat production, hatching eggs, homesteading, or develo...
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Broody hens are a natural part of chicken keeping, but they can be confusing and frustrating if you don't understand what's happening.
In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, Jennifer Bryant and Carey Blackmon take a deep dive into broodiness—what causes it, how to recognize it, and what poultry keepers should do when a hen decides it's time to hatch ...
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What should you feed your chickens, quail, and other poultry? Does protein really matter? Are expensive feeds worth the cost? And how much does nutrition impact hatchability, chick quality, and flock performance?
In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, Jennifer Bryant and Carey Blackmon tackle listener questions about poultry feed and nutrition. They discus...
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From hobby chickens to homesteading chickens, we all have questions. In this episode we discuss feeding chickens to dry hatching and more!
Hatching Marans
Dry hatching
washing hatching eggs
Exploding eggs
Chick Electrolytes
Hatching Upright
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In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, Jennifer Bryant and Carey Blackmon sits down with Jessica from Little Willow Homestead to talk about chickens, homesteading, hatching, and building a recognizable brand in the poultry world.
The conversation covers the story behind the “Coffee Egger,” connecting with fellow homesteaders, and the real...
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In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, Carey and Jennifer break down the real-world differences between heritage chickens, hybrid broilers, and the Cornish Cross birds used in commercial meat production. If you’ve ever wondered why home-raised chicken tastes different than store-bought chicken — or whether raising your own meat birds is actual...
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Silkie chickens are one of the most misunderstood breeds in poultry—and most people are getting it wrong.
In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, we sit down with veterinarian Dr. Nicole to break down what actually matters when it comes to breeding, raising, and selecting high-quality Silkies.
From genetics and defects to breed standards and real-world...
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How do you actually start a poultry breeding program? Carey and Jennifer break down the realities of building a breeding program from the ground up — from picking the right breed and finding a reputable source, to understanding culls, genetics, and the five-year timeline most beginners don’t expect.
In this episode, you’ll learn how to evalu...
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Gina Wrather of Wrather Farms in Columbia, Tennessee returns to break down three of the most visually stunning — and most misunderstood — color varieties in Americana chickens. We dig into the genetics behind Splash, Ermine, and Modeled, explain why a recessive gene can hide for 20 years before showing up in your hatch, and talk about the breeder res...
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Think you can just toss any egg in the incubator? Think again. In this episode of Poultry Nerds, we go nest box to incubator — sorting real eggs by weight, shape, shell quality, and cleanliness to show you exactly what to set and what to skip. We cover large fowl, quail, and celadon eggs, break down double yolkers, torpedo shapes, golf balls, and the perfe...
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Whether you've already impulse-bought chicks at Tractor Supply or you're planning your first flock, this episode is your roadmap to avoiding the most common beginner chicken-keeping mistakes. We answer real listener questions from a first-time chicken owner — covering nesting boxes, safe treats for kids to give chickens, when to stop using a heat lamp, and...
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In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, we get into the real-world side of shipping hatching eggs, buying from breeders, hatch rate expectations, incubation mistakes, poultry medications, NPIP misconceptions, and how to find quality hatching eggs.
We talk through what actually matters when you’re buying hatching eggs or live birds, what questions to a...
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In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, we sit down with Blaze from Bad Baxter Farm in Wynnewood, Oklahoma to talk about raising poultry and livestock in a more natural, practical, and self-sustaining way.
Blaze shares how her health journey led her deeper into nutrition, homesteading, growing her own food, and building a farm focused on stronger animals, b...
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Today we’re talking all about Bresse chickens and why they’ve become one of our favorite breeds for a self-sustaining flock.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why we prefer Bresse over Cornish in many situations
- Meat quality, tenderness, and ideal processing age
- How to select breeder birds for width, body shape, and table quality
- Egg size, egg selection, and...
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On this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, we sit down with Brent from Zero G Quail Farm to talk all about frozen quail feeders, who buys them, how they are sized, packaged, processed, and shipped, and why they can be a valuable outlet for quail breeders.
We also go down some fun rabbit holes, including the history of quail hatched in space, the strang...
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Thinking about raising quail but not sure how to get started?
In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, we walk through the real decisions every beginner faces when starting with quail. Should you buy hatching eggs, chicks, or adult birds? What equipment do you really need? And what housing systems work best for backyard quail keepers?
We also explain the true...
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Is the egg just a shell with a chick inside?
Not even close.
In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, we break down the real science behind egg incubation and hatching — and clear up some of the biggest myths spreading through backyard chicken groups.
If you're incubating chicken eggs, quail eggs, duck eggs, or shipped hatching eggs this season, this epi...
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Quail Mania 2 is officially in the books — and the turnout was huge. In this episode of the Poultry Nerds Podcast, we debrief the event results, what improved from last year, and what’s already being planned for Quail Mania 3 (including a Kids Corner and the possibility of expanding to three days).
Event highlights discussed:
- 15 speakers, 16 sponso...
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