Backyard Chickens & Coturnix Quail: Incubating Hatching Eggs and Chicken Breeding

By Jennifer Bryant and Carey Blackmon

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 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!

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Episode Date
What to feed my chickens, dry incubating/hatching, and more listener questions answered
May 28, 2026
Coffee Eggers, Homesteading & Hatching with Little Willow Homestead
May 21, 2026
Heritage Chicken vs Hybrid Broilers: Flavor, Cost, Health & Reality Explained
May 14, 2026
Silkies Aren’t “Just Cute”—Here’s What You’re Missing
May 07, 2026
How to Start a Poultry Breeding Program: What Every New Breeder Needs to Know
Apr 30, 2026
Splash, Ermine & Modeled: Decoding Americana Color Genetics with Gina Wrather
Apr 23, 2026
Not All Eggs Are Created Equal — Egg Selection for Hatching
Apr 16, 2026
10 Things You Don't Wanna Mess Up With Your Chickens (But You Will) | Chicken Care for Beginners
Apr 09, 2026
Shipping Hatching Eggs, Buying Better Birds & Incubation Mistakes to Avoid | Poultry Nerds Podcast
Apr 02, 2026
Pasture Poultry, Feed Freedom, Duckweed & Natural Flock Health with Blaze of Bad Baxter Farm
Mar 26, 2026
Bresse Chickens Explained | Breeding, Processing, Selection & Why We Prefer Them Over Cornish
Mar 19, 2026
Frozen Quail Feeders Explained | Falconry, Reptiles, Culling & Shipping Tips
Mar 12, 2026
Thinking About Raising Quail? What You MUST Know Before You Start
Mar 05, 2026
The Incredible Edible Egg Hatching | Incubation Science, Air Cells, Shipped Eggs & Hatch Rate Secrets
Feb 27, 2026
Quail Mania 2 Debrief + Rooster Health: Fertility, Layer Feed Myths, Molt & Aggression
Feb 19, 2026
Backyard Chicken myths busted
Feb 12, 2026
The Threes C's of Chicks: Better Hatches, Better Broods, Better Birds
Feb 06, 2026
From Hobby to Hustle: How to Scale Quail Sales + Payments, Websites, and Reviews
Jan 29, 2026
How HP Murray Built a Quail Operation: Imports, Brooder Houses, Automatic Waterers & Quail Math
Jan 22, 2026
What are celadon quail eggs, and why are blue eggs one of the most misunderstood topics in the quail world?
Jan 15, 2026
Poultry Pro App Explained: Using Data, Genetics & Technology to Breed Better Birds | Poultry Nerds Podcast
Jan 08, 2026
Quail Mania 2 Is Here! | 2025 Recap, 2026 Preview & Why Quail Just Make Sense
Jan 01, 2026
Merry Christmas from the Poultry Nerds | Gratitude, Growth & What’s Coming in 2026
Dec 25, 2025
What Happens To The Rest of The Bird?
Dec 18, 2025
From backyard breeder to full time business, move your quail and chickens to the Next Level
Dec 11, 2025
Veterinarian Tips on Managing Worms in Chickens, turkeys and quail
Dec 04, 2025
Progressive Pied Quail, Genetics, and Black Friday Deals
Nov 27, 2025
The Truth About Chicken Coops: Best Designs, Winter Prep & Why You NEED Multiple Pens
Nov 20, 2025
Inside the Ohio National Poultry Show: Gossip, Gamefowl, Winners, Weird Birds & Behind-the-Scenes Stories
Nov 13, 2025
How to choose the Right Breeds & Breeder
Nov 06, 2025
How Farmers Manage It All: Time-Saving Systems for chickens, ducks, turkeys, quail, goats and pigs!
Oct 30, 2025
Auto-Sexing vs Sex-Linked Quail: Genetics, Breeding Strategies & Humane Culling for Poultry Nerds
Oct 23, 2025
From Coop to Cash Flow
Oct 14, 2025
Chicken Watering Systems
Oct 09, 2025
Chicken Genetics & Care Myths—Vaulted Skulls, Spurs, Combs, Frostbite & More
Oct 02, 2025
Inside the Poultry Nerds... From Chickens to Masterclasses!
Sep 25, 2025
Talking Chicken and Champion Cochins with Craig Hansen
Sep 18, 2025
From Poultry Nerd to Certified Judge: Keeping Chickens Safe & Healthy on the Farm
Sep 11, 2025
Chicken DNA Testing with Knights Poultry and Lab: Sexing, Genetics, and Breeding Insights
Sep 04, 2025
Assessing Your Chicken’s Health: Observations, Necropsy, and Breeding Insights
Aug 28, 2025
Next Level Nerds with Redmond Hills Farm: Chickens & Quail to profit
Aug 21, 2025
Choosing the Right Poultry Breeds for Self-Sufficiency: Heritage chicken vs. Cornish, Ducks, Quail & More
Aug 14, 2025
Backyard Chickens on a Budget: How to Start Raising Chickens Without Breaking the Bank
Aug 07, 2025
Indio Gigante Chickens: The Tallest Breed in the World with Whitney from Bissonnette Acres
Jul 31, 2025
Tiny But Mighty: Raising Button Quail for Fun, Breeding & Profit
Jul 24, 2025
Rediscovering the Black Java Chicken: History, Homesteading, and Hope for a Critically Endangered Breed
Jul 17, 2025
Lighting, Molting & Egg Production: How Day Length Affects Your Chickens & Quail
Jul 10, 2025
Rainbow Egg Genetics 101: Breeding Olive Eggers, Marans & More with Mojo Homestead
Jul 03, 2025
Hatching Shipped Eggs
Jun 26, 2025
Marek’s Disease Exposed: The Truth About Vaccines, Symptoms, and Prevention with Dr. Morishita
Jun 19, 2025
Molting Matters: How to Support Your Flock Through the Molt with Nutrition & Care
Jun 12, 2025
Next Level Nerds: From Backyard Birds to Full-Blown Farm Biz
Jun 05, 2025
Predator-Proofing Your Chicken Coop with the Chicken Coop Company | Backyard Flock Safety Tips
May 29, 2025
Chicken Math & Show Secrets with The Gypsy Hen – Behind the Scenes of Poultry Exhibition
May 22, 2025
Summertime Hatching Hacks: Mastering Humidity & Avoiding Incubator Fails
May 15, 2025
Welsh Harlequins Uncovered: Breeding, Color Phases, and Mentorship with Tyrel
May 08, 2025
What the Crap Is Wrong With My Chicken? Jeff Mattocks Talks Poop, Feed & Mycotoxins
May 01, 2025
Cracking the Secrets of the 2025 Pips n Chicks Virtual Show with Breanna Patz
Apr 28, 2025
Master Exhibitor Tyrel Thurston Talks Saxony Ducks, Waterfowl Breeding & Show Secrets
Apr 24, 2025
Ameraucana vs Easter Egger: Splash Color Genetics, Melanin, and Wing Banding Deep Dive – w/ Gina from Wrather Farms
Apr 17, 2025
From Backyard Chickens to Black Mottled Brahmas: Bronwen Brune w/Queen B Farm Poultry Journey
Apr 09, 2025
Bird Flu & Backyard Flocks: What Every Poultry Nerd Needs to Know (with Dr. Teresa Morishita)
Apr 03, 2025
Poultry Terminology 101: What’s a Pullet, a Cockerel & Why Grit Isn’t Just a Southern Thing
Mar 27, 2025
Chicken Breeding with Kenny Troiano
Mar 20, 2025
Hen or Rooster? How to Tell the Difference!
Mar 13, 2025
From Quail to Emu: Exploring the World of Poultry with Alexandra Doss
Mar 06, 2025
Celadon Coturnix Quail, how to get blue egg laying Quail
Feb 27, 2025
Sex Linked Traits with Gina from Wrather Farms
Feb 20, 2025
What is Quail Mania 2025!
Feb 13, 2025
Brahmas on The Homestead w/Bumbalough Farms
Feb 06, 2025
Understanding Coccidiosis: Insights and Prevention on the Homestead
Jan 30, 2025
Teenage Poultry Prodigy: Kyle's Journey in Chicken Farming
Jan 22, 2025
Poultry Pros and Cons: NPIP Insights and the Fermented Feed Debate
Jan 16, 2025
Poultry Show Central
Jan 09, 2025
2024 A Year in Review, Whats Next?!
Jan 02, 2025
Bitchin' Chickens.com w/Claire Dineen
Dec 26, 2024
Coturnix Quail feed and management
Dec 19, 2024
Preserving Poultry Legacy: Insights from the Livestock Conservancy
Dec 12, 2024
Smart Heating Tips for Winter Poultry Babies
Dec 05, 2024
Savannah w/ The Hot Mess Homestead
Nov 28, 2024
My chickens laid an egg and it has a weird shell
Nov 21, 2024
Poultry Showmanship with Jodi Chicken, APA judge
Nov 14, 2024
Carey and Jennifer on Winterizing Your Flock
Nov 07, 2024
Buff Orpington Chicken with Ross Harrington
Oct 31, 2024
Aaron Goes to Quail Con
Oct 24, 2024
Poultry Nerds Q&A
Oct 17, 2024
Mastering Chicken Math: Essential Tips for New Poultry Keepers
Oct 10, 2024
Incubating chicken Hatching Eggs-- Extended!
Oct 03, 2024
Crevecour Chickens with Michelle Burns
Sep 26, 2024
Chicken Respiratory System w/Dr. Klaus Hopster DMV PD PhD DECVAA
Sep 19, 2024
I Just Got Some New Birds. Now What? Quarantine?
Sep 12, 2024
CluckerBooks.com w/Jeff Duguay
Sep 05, 2024
Coturnix Quail, how to get started with quail
Aug 29, 2024
All about the Bielefelder w/Gina
Aug 22, 2024
Turkey Talk Heritage and Broad Breasted
Aug 15, 2024
Talking about The Langshan with Michelle Burns
Aug 08, 2024
What is the ACBA with Bre Patz
Jul 31, 2024
The Chantecler w/John Gunterman
Jul 25, 2024
Talking Orpingtons’ w/Sara Batz
Jul 18, 2024
The Featherman Equipment Story
Jul 11, 2024
Hybrid Chickens...
Jul 04, 2024
Scammers on The Homestead
Jun 27, 2024
Mastering Egg Incubation: Expert Tips from Poultry Nerds Podcast
Jun 20, 2024
Poultry Shows from Egg to Champion's Row w/ Rip Stalvey p.2
Jun 13, 2024
Poultry Shows from Egg to Champion's Row w/ Rip Stalvey p.1
Jun 06, 2024
Talking Ayam Cemani with Gina
May 30, 2024
The Tennessee Whitney w/ Rebecca Lynch
May 23, 2024
Mealworm Farming for beginners
May 16, 2024
Feed and Water Systems with Jeff Mattocks
May 09, 2024
Feed Quality and Pecking Order with Jeff Mattocks
May 02, 2024
Chicken Brooding Tips with Jeff Mattocks
Apr 25, 2024
Bob White Quail with Aaron Guidroz Part 1
Apr 11, 2024
BioSecurity Protect Your Flock
Apr 04, 2024
Chick Brooding for beginners Part 3
Mar 28, 2024
Chickens and Brooding Part 2
Mar 21, 2024
Backyard Chicken Brooding Part 1
Mar 14, 2024
American Bresse Chicken, the sustainable meat chicken w/Mandelyn Royal Part 2
Mar 07, 2024
American Bresse Chicken w/Mandelyn Royal Part 1
Feb 29, 2024
What Comes First The Egg, The Chick, or The Started Bird?
Feb 22, 2024
Raising Coturnix Quail , a beginner's guide
Feb 15, 2024
APPPA Conference Episode 2
Feb 08, 2024
Carey Goes to APPPA 2024
Feb 01, 2024
Chicken Breeding and Selection Part 2
Jan 25, 2024
Chicken Breeding and Selection Part 1
Jan 18, 2024
Poultry Nerds Maiden Podcast
Jan 09, 2024