➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[ShrekDawg]

Yeah our NHR is not a nice hen at all, very pushy and bully like but she also is on the bottom of the pecking order. Meyer may have better stock though

That stinks makes me nervous about trying them. I have heard similar things about Wyandottes too. My Australorps can be bullies too so I kind of don’t want more bullies, kind of want peaceful breeds, but idk. Maybe I could keep any new chickens in a separate coop.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Where is yours from?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Also, anyone know the difference between these breeds? They have pretty detailed descriptions of each so I guess I don’t really need to ask the difference but it seems to me like they are all the same thing?? Just with different parent breeds???

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/cinnamon-queens.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/golden-comet.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/black-sex-links.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/cherry-eggers.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/red-sex-links.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/production-reds.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/rhode-island-reds.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/rhode-island-whites.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/new-hampshire.html

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Also, anyone know the difference between these breeds? They have pretty detailed descriptions of each so I guess I don’t really need to ask the difference but it seems to me like they are all the same thing?? Just with different parent breeds???

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/cinnamon-queens.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/golden-comet.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/black-sex-links.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/cherry-eggers.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/red-sex-links.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/production-reds.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/rhode-island-reds.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/rhode-island-whites.html

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/new-hampshire.html

The ones that aren't RIR, RIW, or NHR are all production hybrid breeds.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Where is yours from?

Ideal Poultry. We do have one in the grow out pen that isn't as bad but she is still kind of bully-like.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The ones that aren't RIR, RIW, or NHR are all production hybrid breeds.

So are they the same thing? I guess I just don’t understand why they would breed so many versions of basically the same thing? High producing brown egg layer. And is this one also the same thing? This one almost seems better or like the more common one because it has leghorn in it’s heritage?

https://meyerhatchery.com/productinfo.a5w?prodID=GBUS

I guess it’s personal preference but idk which parent is better. It says what parent breeds each is from.

Ideal Poultry. We do have one in the grow out pen that isn't as bad but she is still kind of bully-like.

Huh, wonder if other ones are maybe less bully like

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

So are they the same thing? I guess I just don’t understand why they would breed so many versions of basically the same thing? High producing brown egg layer. And is this one also the same thing? This one almost seems better or like the more common one because it has leghorn in it’s heritage?

https://meyerhatchery.com/productinfo.a5w?prodID=GBUS

I guess it’s personal preference but idk which parent is better. It says what parent breeds each is from.



Huh, wonder if other ones are maybe less bully like

They have different parent stock *sometimes* in the hybrid breeds but mostly it's just a marketing thing. The golden comets, cinnamon queens, they are all basically the same bird just with different names.

*I say sometimes but they probably have different pens with the parent stock separated out. I have no idea if they actually contain the same lines or not.

 

[ShrekDawg]

They have different parent stock *sometimes* in the hybrid breeds but mostly it's just a marketing thing. The golden comets, cinnamon queens, they are all basically the same bird just with different names.

*I say sometimes but they probably have different pens with the parent stock separated out. I have no idea if they actually contain the same lines or not.

Thanks, that makes sense. Most hatcheries probably don’t but I think it said on the website they keep them separate, idk. The Meyer one said they’re all the same

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Yeah our NHR is not a nice hen at all, very pushy and bully like but she also is on the bottom of the pecking order. Meyer may have better stock though

My Amber isn't a bully at all. She's always been a curious sort. Was one of the first to explore or check something out. Not a cuddler but had gotten to where she would jump up in my lap and preen herself. Wouldn't really stay for very long. Now if I am cleaning out either of the coops, she is right there with me trying to help, which is not really all that helpful. She scratches and kicks shavings all over the place. If Luna is over on the chickens side and gets close to her, she will towards her to run her off but just enough to get Luna out of the way. Otherwise if one of the older girls comes around she will run out of their way. She's never been confrontational. Maybe I just got lucky.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

My Amber isn't a bully at all. She's always been a curious sort. Was one of the first to explore or check something out. Not a cuddler but had gotten to where she would jump up in my lap and preen herself. Wouldn't really stay for very long. Now if I am cleaning out either of the coops, she is right there with me trying to help, which is not really all that helpful. She scratches and kicks shavings all over the place. If Luna is over on the chickens side and gets close to her, she will towards her to run her off but just enough to get Luna out of the way. Otherwise if one of the older girls comes around she will run out of their way. She's never been confrontational. Maybe I just got lucky.

It could be the strains are better where she came from. I just know the Ideal stock.