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post #1 of 29
8/11/12 at 1:09am
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I've always loved chickens and because of that ive only ever rescued battery hens until recently. i got a welsumer hen for my last birthday and she is a great flyer and is able to clear a field and my house and barn. this got me thinking that i would love a chicken that could fly really well. all my battery chickens are either to slow to run from a threat or the turn around and try to fight it. they are able to fight of cats and some times even dogs (if they attack together). but all this came undone when a fox came and killed 2 of them. my welsumer just turns and runs but stops if the others don't come. i would love a breed of chicken that could fly well and would go with my welsumer so it would encourage the others to fly as well (their wings are not clipped). do you have any ideas.

I live in england so i would love to be able to get it from the west midlands. also bantams are out of the question.

 

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I love chickens!!! I have 1 Welsummer, 3 Ex-Battery hens, a Wyandotte Hen and a Wyandotte Rooster. Phoenix LF are my favourite breed of chicken and I am constantly on the look out for a trio for sale in the West Midlands(England).

 

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post #2 of 29
8/11/12 at 1:17am
I seen another thread talking about this, I believe it's a rare Swedish breed of chicken
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post #3 of 29
8/11/12 at 1:21am
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I love chickens!!! I have 1 Welsummer, 3 Ex-Battery hens, a Wyandotte Hen and a Wyandotte Rooster. Phoenix LF are my favourite breed of chicken and I am constantly on the look out for a trio for sale in the West Midlands(England).

 

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I love chickens!!! I have 1 Welsummer, 3 Ex-Battery hens, a Wyandotte Hen and a Wyandotte Rooster. Phoenix LF are my favourite breed of chicken and I am constantly on the look out for a trio for sale in the West Midlands(England).

 

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post #4 of 29
8/11/12 at 2:21am

Hello and welcome to BYC frow.gif I've seen chickens fly very far, usually when they get a fright! But I don't know which breeds are the best at it.

 

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post #5 of 29
8/11/12 at 6:11am

I have quite a few breeds and the best at flying have to be my Old English Game.

 

 

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post #6 of 29
8/11/12 at 6:51am
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thxs

for helping i might get a phoenix hen or an old eng game.wee.gif
 

I love chickens!!! I have 1 Welsummer, 3 Ex-Battery hens, a Wyandotte Hen and a Wyandotte Rooster. Phoenix LF are my favourite breed of chicken and I am constantly on the look out for a trio for sale in the West Midlands(England).

 

BYC RULES

 

CHICKENS FOREVER

 

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I love chickens!!! I have 1 Welsummer, 3 Ex-Battery hens, a Wyandotte Hen and a Wyandotte Rooster. Phoenix LF are my favourite breed of chicken and I am constantly on the look out for a trio for sale in the West Midlands(England).

 

BYC RULES

 

CHICKENS FOREVER

 

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post #7 of 29
8/11/12 at 7:04pm
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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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post #8 of 29
8/11/12 at 7:25pm

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Apennzeller Spitshaubens have been said to fly high into trees and up to phone lines. They are the best flyers!

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 My dream flock: Gray Japs, Cream Brabanters, Phoenixs, ButterCups, Hamburgs, Gray Call Ducks, 

Porcelain and Mille Fleur D'Uccles, Leghorns for eggs and finally Lavender, Pied, Gold Barred and Chocolate Muscovys .

 

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post #9 of 29
8/12/12 at 12:13pm

MY Phoenix hen is a very good flyer.

 

 

 

 

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post #10 of 29
8/12/12 at 12:16pm

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Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
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