I would like to introduce some of our chickens, but before I get to that let me explain why I chose my chickens. We have about 40 laying hens with a few roosters. When we were choosing our laying hens, I was looking for dual purpose birds. Which means they have another purpose then just laying eggs (they're a bonus), they are great for meat. I was also looking for gentle calm and good winter birds. Winter birds is meaning that they do well in the cold winter months. Everyone of my chickens lay a fairly large egg except the silkie, she is my fun,calm, soft, and enjoyable pet chicken. I have a favorite chicken but haven't had a chance to locate one. My favorite is the Tolbunt Frizzle Polish.
The ladies
Americana - blue,pink,green eggs
silkies - fun breed small white egg
buff orpington - brown eggs
barred rocks - pinkish egg
australorps - brown eggs
olive eggers - dark olive green eggs
copper marans - dark chocolate eggs
welsummers - terracotta eggs
speckled sussex - brown egg
Rhode Island Reds - brown eggs
My hubby made me a brooder for my all my chicke. It was so much nicer then keeping them in a box in the house. It was a MESS!
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