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New Hampshire

The New Hampshire were developed from the Rhode Island Red around 1915 in New Hampshire....
Pros: dependable layers, good to excellent egg quality
Cons: Little peckish towards docile members of flock
Good birds that I have found to be a solid foundation or core for the flock. Dependability of egg production is a huge perk.

Helps that one of the hens, Rocky, has attached herself to me as well and follows me around the yard.
Purchase Price
1.00
Purchase Date
2010-04-01
Pros: Attractive birds,great layers and hardy
Cons: My experience they are a little aggressive.
Nice birds, great layers of large-exlarge brown eggs but my personal experience the roos were very aggressive. The hens are dominate but not to the point of what would be a problem in a large coop.
Pros: excellent layers, very friendly and quiet hens
Cons: noisy and aggressive roosters
I love my hens. They each lay 4-6 eggs a week. They always come running to say "Hi!" when I go outside, and surprisingly enough its not always for food. I'll throw some scratch for them, and often they'll be more interested in following my wife, or me (or sometimes the dog, or cat, both of which completely ignore the chickens) around our property.
Unfortunately, our rooster is highly aggressive. Despite proper "training" (for him and us), he will attack us and our pets every time our backs are turned. I've heard New Hampshire roosters are often aggressive, and ours is (unfortunately) no exception.
5 stars for the hens
3 stars for the rooster (he is obnoxious, but is a good protector)
Pros: Great Reliable Egg Layers
Cons: Can Be Fiesty
Hens are great reliable egg layers of a large brown egg. They do not like to be held but are very friendly especially when you have treats. Overall a great breed for a person looking for a friendly, egg laying hen.
Pros: Excellent layer, nice size, good forager but handle confinement well
Cons: Can be mean
Great layer of large brown eggs. Good feed conversion, excellent foragers. Very reliable. Hens can be bossy and roosters can be mean, but they tame down well. I have had to weed out the bad apples but they weren't all that way. Generally they are great birds to have around.

They also handle confinement well, but without a roof it takes a 6 ft fence.
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