2 or 1?

[smokeykk]

I may be getting some chicks soon, and i want the flock to have as much variety as possible I'm not sure yet whether we are getting 6, 8 or 10. (The coop we plan on building is big enough for 10, but dad says we have to start out small...) SO my question is....


DO YOU SUGGEST WE GET 1 OF A BREED OR 2 OF A BREED?





If we get 6 that is, since tsc only has 5 different tubs at once im pretty sure, so if we get six, me might end up with 2 bantams, so they can stick together since they're so much smaller

 

[backyardmenagerie]

1 of each! It's more fun that way, and the different breeds should get along just fine.

 

[macadam8157]

2 is such an odd number get 3!!! lol

 

[N&MSchroeder]

I made sure to get two chicks of each of the breeds I really wanted, just "in case" something happened to one. Nothing has happened so I have a lot of different breeds with two chickens each.

If you are limited to a certain number (aka chicken math hasn't set in), then pick one of each.

 

[tryingtohaveitall]

Agree with the PP, if it's a breed you REALLY want, get 2 in case of a loss.

 

[carrlr]

I always recommend two or more of the same breed.

 

[Balbinka]

I'm not sure if breed matters so much, by try to get pairs of chickens who will be the same size!

Personally, in my flock of pet chickens, I have three of each breed.
I have twelve chickens total.
My breeds are:

Buff Orpingtons
Buff Brahmas
Rhode Island R's
Dark Cornish Rock

They all seem to get along well. I have noticed though that the chicks tend to buddy up with other chicks of their own breed.

 

[weeders n feeders]

I'm doing the same thing. I got two of each just to better my chance of getting hens. Figured 50/50 outta a straight run. Plus having two of a breed will enable me to get a better judge on the characteristics of the breed than just one would - that is by having two if they have similar characters then I can assume it's the breed but if they are different then I know I have a chick that is a little rogue and not being true to it's breed.

 

[smcjoj3]

I say definitely get two of each breed......Its less stressful on them.
I had to start small too. My husband said only 6 to start & I wanted a little of everything. But I couldn't get a little of everything at the same time because of the way the feed stores received/sold what I was wanting to keep in my flock didn't match up with what I had planned in my head............ SO I basically ended up deciding on getting 3 different varieties of birds, 2 birds each. I ended up with 2 Golden Comets, 2 Barred Rocks....and 2 Sicilian Buttercups...which were honestly a complete impulse buy bc they are so stinkin' pretty!

 

[m_shuman]

We got 3 of a kind and 3 different breeds for a total of nine chicks. We wanted a variety of egg colors so we got Leghorns (white eggs), Black Australorps (brown eggs) and Amerucanas (blue and green eggs). We also wanted a vareity of colors in our coop.