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    Help me Decide on a Breed!!!

    Well I've got it down to the Final 2: Buff Orpington Barred Rock Both breeds are extremely common in my area I'm probably just going to go to the local farm shop/Tractor Supply and pick up about 15 this coming spring. I'm having trouble deciding which though. my mother in law has had both and...
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    Help me Decide on a Breed!!!

    Here's what I think I've got it narrowed down to... Buff Orpington-Super Friendly and Mega Broody BUT will the forage?Extremely easy to come by in my area. Delaware - Nice eggs, friendly are they broody enough? Probably one of the better foragers. Barred Rock - ? I dont know much about these...
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    Help me Decide on a Breed!!!

    Here are the characteristics I would like: - Friendly, Calm, Easy going - Hardy, I live in Missouri so Hot summers and Cold winters.. - Big enough to eat but also able to produce a decent amount of eggs (White or Brown) - I want the hen to be a bit Broody, I would prefer it if she could hatch...
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    Help Me Decide on a Great Dual Purpose Homesteading Breed!

    I am in Northeast Missouri... About 30 miles from Kirksville. Well I think I've narrowed it down to this: - Buff Orpington - Delaware - Barred Rock These all seem to be very calm easy going chickens that lay a good amount of large eggs and when their egg laying days are up they get big enough...
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    Help Me Decide on a Great Dual Purpose Homesteading Breed!

    Wow, I'm completely shocked at all of the responses... I would never have guessed this forum was so active!!! A friend talked me into trying the Cornish Cross because they are supposed to be the BEST breed for meat. If I would have known that they cannot reproduce and have so many issues I...
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    Help Me Decide on a Great Dual Purpose Homesteading Breed!

    Well right now I've got 2 main groups of chickens. I've got my 10 Cornish Cross which I obviously raise for meat purposes. Then for Egg layers I've got almost 20 Production Red... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think I might decide to...
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