The most indecisive person on BYC strikes again/help me decide what to get

[fluffycrow]

Pheonix are neither poofy or stand their ground birds. They scatter faster than leghorns if spooked, even but their flockmates.

As for when you want to be hatching eggs, I don't think that's going to happen if you get birds that aren't in their second laying cycle. None of those breeds lays early and you don't want to hatch pullet eggs anyways

True, though their first hatch I'm planning on putting eggs from my landrace hens under them, so that doesn't concern me much. Plus, usually after two months of laying pullet eggs are fine (still not the greatest but you get what I mean) to hatch. As for Phoenix not being poofy, yes they definitely are not, another reason I put them on this list is that a cross of them and my LF chickens would make an excellent free rangers, something that the other breeds definitely don't possess

 

[fluffycrow]

I voted Brahma.

Also, may I ask why you voted brahma?

 

[Aunt Angus]

Any reason you can't get all of them?

 

[fluffycrow]

Any reason you can't get all of them?

Mostly because I'm already thinking of getting yokohama, and getting two or more breeds will be a mess to keep pure during breeding season next year. Because apart from a few exceptions, I don't really care about crossing

 

[fluffycrow]

Any reason you can't get all of them?

And also because I don't know if my coop can handle so many new birds, like I think two more breeds would be OK, but anything above that might be a bit of a stretch

 

[MysteryChicken]

Also, may I ask why you voted brahma?

I voted Brahma cuz, I love their large size, & the fact they have Malay in their ancestry.

 

[fluffycrow]

I voted Brahma cuz, I love their large size, & the fact they have Malay in their ancestry.

Definitely with you on that

 

[MysteryChicken]

Definitely with you on that

RIRs also have Malay in their ancestry, but I've always had human aggressive RIR roosters/cockerels for some reason though.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I vote Cochin Bantams! My rooster is an Ameraucana/Cochin cross, and he is the nicest rooster I've had. I have heard that Cochins are friendly birds; even the roosters. Although, I'm not sure how they would handle the hot summers well...

 

[fluffycrow]

I vote Cochin Bantams! My rooster is an Ameraucana/Cochin cross, and he is the nicest rooster I've had. I have heard that Cochins are friendly birds; even the roosters. Although, I'm not sure how they would handle the hot summers well...

I'd think it's the same as what @3KillerBs said over at my brahma thread, that a poofy bird would kind of be insulated by its feathers for both hot and cold weather