Before you go with the heavy breeds like the Buff Orpingtons or Black Australians please be aware that they really struggle in the heat and humidity. You will need to take extra care of them when it is very hot, like above 80 degrees in order to keep them from suffering and perhaps expiring...
I have a sweet Speckled Sussex that sings very beautifully and seems happy all the time. She follows me around and is very curious. She lays eggs regularly too. One of my favorites! Gets along with the rest of the flock just fine even though she was added later! Hope that helps! My other girls...
I haven't been to the Shelbyville show. the show in Frankfort this spring was my first show. I thought it would be a lot bigger. It seemed like mostly silkies and bantams. The large fowl were mostly roosters. Very nice but not what I was searching for at the time. If I were to go to a show this...
Try the Bluegrass Poultry Show in Frankfort this fall....they have a show twice yearly. There is a website. They had lots and lots at the spring show!
http://www.poultryshowcentral.com/Kentucky.html
I bought my most recent hen from a man in Harrodsburg Ky. He had some nice Black Australorps and just about anything else you can think of. If interested pm me for his phone number.
There was a ton of them at the Kentucky Poultry show in Frankfort this spring. They have another show in the fall. People were out in the parking lot with birds for sale. See the website.
Might you be having any extra of those BLRW's to sell? I have been looking for a pretty new pullet to add to my flock of 3. Had wanted a Speckled Sussex but cant seem to find any. Are the Wyandots noisy? I have read that they were.I live in the city and need a hen that doesn't vocalize 24/7...