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SHould I get a Mix Breed ( BR and RIR's) or

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5/10/12 at 6:29am
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stick to just one breed?.  We are finally ready to get our chickens', I've been asking questions for weeks and working on our coop. It took a while to find Laying Hens in our area. But we have the option to get 2 RiR's, and 2 Barred Rock.  Or should we do a flock of 4 RIRs, or 4 BR's ?. The main purpose of getting the chickens is eggs, but we also want them as pets. That being said I have 3 small children, and live in a neighborhood where chickens are not allowed. So we are looking for the best breed out of the 2. 

 

I would appreciate any advice I can get, thank you. 

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post #2 of 5
5/10/12 at 6:34am

those 2 beeds create some nice chicken when mixed

 

one is a autosexing Rhodebar but to get that is alot of years of selective breeding

 

hybrids that lay good eggs can be derived from those 2 breeds

 

Crossing a RIR Cock with BPR Hen = Barred Rock - 280 Brown Eggs

 

Crossing a BPR Cock with RIR Hen = Black Star, Nera, Rhode Rock - 290 Brown Eggs [Not easy to acheive]

5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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post #3 of 5
5/10/12 at 6:36am

I would get just four to start.  (Especially if you're not allowed to have chickens in your neighborhood.)  Make sure you get all hens.  Not sure how big your coop is, or how much space they will have in their run, but you don't want to over crowd your chickens, because then they can become agressive towards eachother and crabby if they don't have enough space.

Proud owner of some nice show quality Buckeyes and Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks.  I love gardening and being outdoors.  I'm lucky to have a great family, and two cute dogs.  I live out in the country on six wooded acres and it's just paradise!  (Except the mortgage payment and bills, of course)

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Proud owner of some nice show quality Buckeyes and Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks.  I love gardening and being outdoors.  I'm lucky to have a great family, and two cute dogs.  I live out in the country on six wooded acres and it's just paradise!  (Except the mortgage payment and bills, of course)

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5/10/12 at 8:08am
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stick to just one breed?.  We are finally ready to get our chickens', I've been asking questions for weeks and working on our coop. It took a while to find Laying Hens in our area. But we have the option to get 2 RiR's, and 2 Barred Rock.  Or should we do a flock of 4 RIRs, or 4 BR's ?. The main purpose of getting the chickens is eggs, but we also want them as pets. That being said I have 3 small children, and live in a neighborhood where chickens are not allowed. So we are looking for the best breed out of the 2. 

 

I would appreciate any advice I can get, thank you. 

 

 

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That being said I have 3 small children, and live in a neighborhood where chickens are not allowed.

Question for you,

What are you going too do when you are forced to get rid of the chickens since you are not allowed to have them where you live?

 

Chris

 

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NPIP # 31-516
Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities http://sppa.webs.com/

Breeding Large Fowl Single and Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds to APA Standard


"I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares." – 

George Washington

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post #5 of 5
5/10/12 at 8:52am
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I would get just four to start.  (Especially if you're not allowed to have chickens in your neighborhood.)  Make sure you get all hens.  Not sure how big your coop is, or how much space they will have in their run, but you don't want to over crowd your chickens, because then they can become agressive towards eachother and crabby if they don't have enough space.

 

Yes, we are only getting 4, we have a small coop between the coop and the run we have 54 square feet, which should be plenty for 4 Hens ;). 

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Question for you,

What are you going too do when you are forced to get rid of the chickens since you are not allowed to have them where you live?

 

Chris

 

We've spoken to a friend of ours who live on a farm, that would be willing to take the 4 Hens for us if it came to that. But that being said we are hoping that will not be the case ;). We've talk to 2 of our neighbors and they are ok with us getting the chickens, the one behind us, we are not about, but they keep to themselves, and have 2 huge annoying dogs that bark constantly, so we are hoping that will be leverage, and we do live on a one acre property,  that's enclose by 7 feet tall privacy fence. 

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