Reviews by jaj121159

I love my Jaerhons. I purchased a pair at a local auction in March 2012 said to be from Sandhills' stock. I paid around $20 each. I then ordered a bunch from Ideal. They looked pretty similar to the adult birds I had. They are pretty good layers, but seem to change egg numbers based on weather. They may go for a week laying at about 75% of hens, but have an extreme weather day and they may only lay an egg or two out of 14 layers. Weather evens out again and egg numbers resume. The roosters are good looking and the colors can very slightly. The chicks are sex-linked with the pullets being darker with a white spot on their heads. The cockerells are a light yellow with a white spot on their head. They mature pretty fast and start laying around 18 to 21 weeks.

I have about 24 silver gray dorkings. I got most them the summer of 2014 from McMurry hatchery. I get the rest last summer from Dick Horstman, and ended up with four large hens, four bantam hens and two bantam roosters. The bantams are great, but the roosters crow all the time. Ever tried to find bantam dorkings for sale? Impossible. I raise these for breeding purposes and my birds look real good, especially the bantams. I have had some success breeding the bantams, but didn't had any large roosters until this summer.

I love my Delawares so much I'm going to make them my primary laying breed this spring. I'm going to have a total of 40 +/-. They have been laying extra large eggs and have been decent winter layers.

Nice birds. Eggs started out dark and have now lightened, but the birds are going on 3 years old.

I've enjoyed having RIR's, but my flock is going on two to three years old and I'm going to sell them this spring at our local auction. I'm not to going to get any more RIRs because I'm focusing on rare and endangered breeds.

Great chickens. No real color difference in eggs, but I'm color blind so maybe there is some color I'm not seeing.

I love my Iowa Blues. The roosters are friendly, but cautious around humans. They get six or so pounds and have white hackles and saddles on a mostly black body. The hens are smaller three to four pounds. Mine have gone broody several times, but have not pulled off a successful hatch. They aren't great layers, but fair layers of light tan medium to large eggs. My Iowa Blue hens seem to be the boss hens in a mixed coop. They are good flyers, so if in a run it should be covered.

I got them because my wife is from Iowa and they are a very rare breed. They aren't blue at all, but their black colorization can look blue at times.

Love my Orloffs. I have had several go broody without any hatches. I have bought birds from Ideal and Welp hatcheries with good luck.