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Well, I think I may have actually made up my mind (I hope). I decided to just get 5 standard sized hens and I am going to get ... 2 Easter Eggers 1 Gold Laced Wyandotte 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte 1 Sussex If I decide to go illegal and get a 6th, it will be a Marans or a Wellsummer - probably a...

kera! : my aunt raisses them all together they are fine i would get extra and when you get them big enough just give away the roos Encouraging to hear that they get along. As for giving away roos, I wouldn't have the first idea of who to give them to in my area. I just have to hope she gets...

Quote: I'd be surprised if she can accurately sex the silkies that young, and if she can't tell by comb size/color on the d'uccles by the time they're about 2-3 weeks, she doesn't know what she'd doing...IMO. She said the silkies are tough to sex and the earliest she could sex them is six...

I found someone in my area who sells silkies and mille fleur d'uccles but she said she can't sex them until they are about 6 weeks old. She said I could buy my day-old standard hen chicks and raise them at home and she will raise the banties to six weeks old and then I can introduce them at...

Another bird I am considering is a Sussex. Anyone have any thoughts on those? Thank you!

Quote: Do you think that their buddy needs to be another Silkie or can it just be another type of bantam?

Not 100% sure at this point but I am kind of leaning toward 2EE, 1 Wyandotte, 1 Silkie Bantam and 1 Mille Fleur D'uccle or 1 Sebright..... or 2 EE, 2 Wyandottes and 1 Orpington or 1 Silkie Bantam. Decisions, decisions....

Thank you so much, everyone, for the tips and information on the different breeds. I am so glad you warned me about the Polish hens. I am going to scratch one of those girls off the list. Thanks again, CJ

Quote: You gave me a giggle with this one. If only our city's Code Compliance Dept., and my husband for that matter, could understand "chicken math".

Oh wow. Thank you so much for telling me about the silkie possibly being picked on. I don’t want that. As far as getting her a buddy, do I need to get a second silkie or can I just get another bantam? Thanks for clearing me up on the whole “mille fleur” thing. I believe what I was looking...

Hello. I am very excited to get chickens and I am zoned for 5 hens. I would like to get 4 standard hens(2 EE and 2 other breeds but I am not sure which yet... maybe Wyandotte and Mille Fleur) and one silkie bantam. Is this going to pose any sort of problem for the silkie since she is smaller...