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  1. The Best Breed for Your Needs

    The Best Breed for Your Needs

    Are you interested in owning chickens? Are you trying to find the best breed for your chicken owning needs? If so, you found the right article! Craving Omlets: Best Laying Breeds If you have dreams of going out to your coop and collecting farm fresh eggs, and then taking those farm fresh eggs...
  2. The chicken nurd

    What breeds should I get

    Hey everyone So ignoring the fact that I’m not getting chicks for a couple of months or until spring (I’m the person who likes to spend months planning on what to get and I’m feeling a little chick crazy sense my pullets started laying) I need breed suggestions My only requirements are doesn’t...
  3. The chicken nurd

    List of chicken breeds

    Hi This is kinda random but I’m putting together a list of chicken breeds (not hybrids) from all over the world and I was wondering if anyone has any websites or links to help I’ll post it eventually Thanks in advance
  4. The chicken nurd

    What breeds do you have

    Hi I’m sure there are a lot of other threads like this but I was just wondering what breeds of chickens and how many you guys have I have 12 hens Including 1 Delaware 1 Easter egger 1 buff Orpington 2 sexlinks (black, gold) 3 Wyandottes (silver laced, blue laced red, columbian) 1 olive...
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    Broody Chickens! - What’s your ‘go-to’ breed/ crossbreed?!

    Hi everyone! What’s your ‘go-to’ chicken when you want a broody hen in your flock? Yes incubators are great but mama hen is my preference when I have a choice!! I know silkies are renowned broodies but I’m just wondering what your favourite breeds or particular cross breeds are to use as...
    • Clucker98
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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    Silkies and friends?

    Hey all! I'm new to the chicken world, but absolutely fell in love with silkies, primarily for their friendliness. I was reading up on silkies though and read that they could be bullied by more extroverted chicken breeds. My question is what other breeds of chickens fit in well with silkies? I'd...
    • Pinja
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    • chicken breeds docile breeds egg layers friendly chickens silkies
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
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  8. Phanata

    Going to buy chickens soon what breed?

    Hello! So me and my Father are going to buy about 5-4 chickens! soon We already have a plan to keep any predators out and all that sorta stuff but I was just wondering what breed of Chicken I should get! Because am aware some breeds might be more tame then others so I’d appreciate...
  9. ChickenPerson999999

    What type of hens alert the flock of danger

    What hens alert the flock of danger, I know that some breeds of hens alert the other hens of danger. I can’t get a rooster because I already have one and I don’t want to have two of them. In case a hawk comes I’d like it not to be just a rooster making alert calls because I will want something...
  10. ChickenPerson999999

    What duck breed best fits me and my flock?

    I have 8 chickens 4 are Easter Eggers 3 are Easter egger maran mixes 1 is a maran bantam. What duck breeds will be good with my chickens that aren’t too high strung or too flighty or messy. Like a duck breed that does well with chickens but isn’t loud, messy, mean, high strung, scared, and able...
    • ChickenPerson999999
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    • chicken breeds chickens duck breeds ducks easter eggers managing flock marans
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. PioneerChicks

    Guess The Chicken Breed...Without Pics!

    This is like a game of "Guess The Animal", but with chicken breeds! The rules are: 1. Try to use more common breeds that most people will know. For instance, don't do a White Faced Black Spanish! 2. Only one breed to guess at a time. Once one breed has been guessed then another person can post...
    • PioneerChicks
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    • chicken breed chicken breed facts chicken breed information chicken breeds hybrid chicken hybrid chickens
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Games, Jokes, and Fun!
  12. Bert96746

    In demand chicken breeds

    I'm just curious what chicken breeds people are most interested in for their backyard flock. :)
  13. Chicken Chiquita

    Guess my chickens breeds.

    This is just a thread for people (like me) who want to show off their beautiful birds and have others guess what breeds they are. So here are my beautiful birds: You'll recognize this one as my avatar: This ones sideways:🙃 So i have one more but she doesn't like pics :( so i don't have any...
  14. Cricket Our Head Rooster | Ayam Cemani x Cochin

    Cricket Our Head Rooster | Ayam Cemani x Cochin

    Patiently awaiting the arrival of new baby chicks from this beautiful cross!
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Chicken Breeds
  15. ChickenPerson999999

    What's the best egg laying chicken breed?

    What's the best chicken breed for egg production? I want a fantastic egg laying chicken that has a long lifespan that lays alot of eggs, I would also like it not to eat much food so it's easy to feed. Any idea what kind of chicken breed would be good for me?
  16. NSKDodge

    New member, new flock! New Gold Brahma roo?

    Hello everyone! Over the years I have found Backyard Chickens to be an extremely helpful recourse and am happy to be joining the community! My name is Nina and I've been around chickens my whole life. Growing up we had a whole barn for them and a fenced field for them to roam. Later on my...
    • NSKDodge
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    • brahma brahma breeder brahma rooster chicken breeds egg layers flock building flock care gold brahma happy chickens new flock
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  17. MissMarple

    Difference between Black Cuckoo Marans and French Cuckoo Marans?

    I noticed something funky looking on my only Cuckoo Marans legs one day and thought it was weird and kinda gross, honestly. I figured I should probably keep an eye on them because it just looked so gnarly. Stupid me, I didn't realize she was growing freaking feathers on her legs!! They looked SO...
  18. Sorry It’s Been A Long While

    Sorry It’s Been A Long While

    Sorry it’s been a long while since I last posted. Let me give you an update on their progress. My chickens are doing great. We used to have 11 chickens but two died. The two that died were Fidget the Silkie and Martha the Faverolle chicken. We had to sell the white cockerel male, which I renamed...
    • ILoveSilkieChickens
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    • black sex link chicken breeds chickens cuckoo maran faverolles grazing pullet behavior rhode island reds update young chickens
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Member Pages
  19. Daybreak19

    Hi I am new and temporarily in Central Mexico

    Hi to all! I am new to join and looking forward to reading everything to learn more about raising chickens. I am from Rowlett/Rockwall, Texas but temporarily living in the Querataro state of Mexico since March. I am living in a mountain community in the Varequeries. I love it here, but...
    • Daybreak19
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    • broody hen chicken breeds chickens in mexico free ranging mexico chickens new chicks rooster roosting in bouganvilla
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  20. 468D719E-42C5-4147-A4B8-7072804BEC14

    468D719E-42C5-4147-A4B8-7072804BEC14

    Just wanted to share a pic of my silkies
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    • Category: Chicken Breeds
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